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a_m_y Author

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Upgraded Boot Camp with Leopard - now constant restart

** Apologies for cross-posting. Just realized I was in the wrong topic thread.**

Hi,
Have been running XP SP2 on Boot Camp Beta since March - all good.
Upgraded this morning to Leopard using DVD, installation went smoothly.
Now everytime I startup in XP, I get to the desktop, and then XP restarts back in Leopard.
Have tried it both with my Bluetooth keyboard & mouse, as well as the USB keyboard & mouse.
Any help would be most appreciated!

amy

iBook 20", Mac OS X (10.5), WinXP SP2

Posted on Nov 1, 2007 8:34 AM

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majordan

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Nov 6, 2007 8:18 PM in response to AbdnAllHope

The same problem occurs for me with Vista. The only solution I've found for the time being is to boot into Safe Mode and disable BootCamp manager from starting up using Windows Defender > Software Explorer > Startup Programs.

a_m_y Author

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Nov 7, 2007 8:40 PM in response to majordan

when i try and login using safe mode, ijust get a black screen with a looooong list of all the drivers that aren't working.
regular mode doesn't let me do anythign as the whole system restarts after 10 seconds.
if i didn't have adobe creative suite on the XP side of my iMac, i'd just wipe out the partition and reinstall, but then i'd lose the registered programs....
so frustrating!
boot camp beta worked PERFECTLY - what did apple do with this leopard upgrade?

Nov 8, 2007 4:43 AM in response to a_m_y

It takes a while for the black screen to go away. 30 sec to 1 min maybe. Anyway just wait.

I am pretty sure the list of drivers is the ones that are working, Once you get in you'll see that only the apple ones have problems.

a_m_y Author

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Nov 10, 2007 7:09 PM in response to AbdnAllHope

i can get in (after 10 mins...) but then it restarts, even in safe mode.
anyone come up with any solutions?

a_m_y Author

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Nov 18, 2007 8:58 AM in response to a_m_y

Wondering if anyone has figured this out yet.
So frustrated.

AWMeyer

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Nov 25, 2007 1:10 PM in response to a_m_y

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

a_m_y Author

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Nov 25, 2007 9:07 PM in response to AWMeyer

Not yet. It's now been one month without access to the XP on my iMac. I'm going to call Apple again this week and see if they have figured anything out, but I doubt they'll agree it's their issue (though it obviously is...)

nerowolfe

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Nov 26, 2007 9:06 AM in response to a_m_y

Which version of BC beta were you running when you installed Leopard?

AWMeyer

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Nov 26, 2007 4:32 PM in response to nerowolfe

I was using BC 1.4 with no problems until upgrading to leopard. I reinstalled XP last night and used the BC 1.4 drivers and it seemed to work until this morning. Now it's back to restarting every time we try to switch over.

AWMeyer

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Dec 10, 2007 5:25 PM in response to a_m_y

Is anyone still having this problem and has anyone discovered how it can be fixed?

majordan

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Dec 10, 2007 6:29 PM in response to AWMeyer

I am still experiencing the problem with Boot Camp 2.

I've resorted to installing InputRemapper http://www.olofsson.info/index.html?inputremapper.html which replaces the KbdMgr.exe at startup with a utility that provides similar functionality and my MacBook Pro hasn't crashed at startup since.

a_m_y Author

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Dec 12, 2007 5:39 PM in response to majordan

Great! i'll try it.

Dec 13, 2007 4:34 AM in response to a_m_y

This sounds promising. I have been running my system with keyboard manager disabled for a couple of weeks now.

Everything is working for me reliably, so I am not inclined to try anything new, until perhaps the next update from apple.

My support call was escalated to engineering (which may be Apple Speak for tuff luck) and has gone nowhere since.

Spremacy

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Dec 13, 2007 8:47 PM in response to AbdnAllHope

Hi Guys,

Contribution from Japan. My imac got same issue.
And, setting disabled Apple Keyboard Manager. It work's fine.
Perhaps, Apple keyboard Manager including some issues.
I expect to be fixed by the next update release.
Yesterday, I informed this issue to Japan's Apple support.

mstoner

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Jan 18, 2008 12:24 PM in response to Spremacy

Anyone have any updates?

Upgraded Boot Camp with Leopard - now constant restart