[gh_online]

Hi

I'm trying to get Windows XP Home working under Bootcamp 1.1.2. Everything works fine until I install the Bootcamp drivers - then random crashes start occurring.

I initially thought things started going wrong if I did one of 2 things
- Downloaded and installed the most recent version of the windows updater (the first Windows update required before I could get any more security updates...)
- Switched to using username/password logins, rather than the welcome screen.

However, I'm now seeing crashes during the actual Bootcamp drivers installation! If I reboot, then XP just crashes again..

I appreciate that this is Beta software, but is anyone else seeing this, and is there a solution?

I'm finding this quite frustrating, given that all I'm trying to do is get Bootcamp working on a bog-standard UK 15' Macbook Pro :-(

Any help would be very much appreciated

Greg

[ghporter]

Your version of XP Home DOES include SP2, correct?

[hookem2oo7]

yeah, if not, that's probably what's causing it, as the boot camp drivers are for XP SP2

[gh_online]

Well, the Windows XP box does claim that it's Service Pack 2 :-)

[ghporter]

Ok, one more thing to check. In the directory structure of that disc is a folder called "i386" and in it is a file called "eula.txt". The last line in this file should be "EULAID:XPSP2_RM.1_HOM_RTL_EN" for a retail disc and "EULAID:XPSP2_RM.1_HOM_OEM_EN" for an OEM disc. Note the characters right after "EULAID:"- if it doesn't say "XPSP2" then the disc wasn't properly labeled. I doubt this is the case, but it's worth looking at. And you CAN do this with your Mac-text files are text files.

What's more likely to be a problem is that the disc is just slightly dirty and some files got corrupted. Clean the disc carefully and try reinstalling XP.

And good luck.