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Trouble installing Boot Camp Update 2.2

Hi there,

I'm trying to install the Update 2.2 that was released yesterday but I'm running into trouble right from the start.

When I tried to run it the first time, I got an error message (which I should have written down) telling me something along the lines of "you don't have the right version to upgrade from". I've read that you need Boot Camp 2.1 installed but when I click on "About Boot Camp" in the system tray, I see that I have Version 3.0. So I tried downloading and installing 2.1 but nothing happened.

I'm a bit lost as to what I'm supposed to do and would love some help. Thanks in advance.

White MacBook (Late 2006), Windows XP

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 2:39 AM

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Nov 20, 2009 4:38 AM in response to Mononoke Hime

The Bootcamp 3.0 came with the Snow Leopard disk install, I think.

Anyway, I've got the BootCamp 2.1 installed on my Windows XP partition, but still the 2.2 update does NOT work: the installation simply doesn't start, with no error messages.
This happens both through the Apple Software Update and with the BootCampUpdate_2.2.exe file downloaded directly from Apple site.

Nov 21, 2009 1:09 AM in response to Mononoke Hime

I don't know who this update is intended for.
I had 2.1 and I needed 2.2 to use my new Magic Mouse in Windows, but the update didn't even start.
I tried first to install drivers from SL disk (3.0), but nothing changed. So I did what I wrote in my first post: uninstalled 3.0, installed 2.0 from the Leopard disk and then 2.1 and 2.2 updates through Apple Software Update application.
Now I have 2.2 and Magic Mouse is working (no browsing, just scrolling though)

Nov 21, 2009 8:06 PM in response to Mononoke Hime

I am running Snow Leopard with XP SP2 and Boot Camp 3.0. Am having trouble using wifi in XP. The airport shows up but I cannot connect. I have continually tried to upgrade to SP3 but with no luck. Now I see that you have to have Boot Camp update 2.1 to get to SP3. But with Boot Camp 3.0 installed nothing happens when I try to run the 2.1 update .exe file. Does this mean we Snow Leopard users cannot get to XP SP3?

If you uninstall Boot Camp 3.0 and use the OS X 10.5 disk to get back to 2.0 are you wiping out the information on the Boot Camp partition effectively starting all over, or just reinstalling the drivers? I don't see how going back to 2.0 is possible without reformatting the partition because that is the first thing that happens when you start Boot Camp?

Does anyone know if Apple has plans to update Boot Camp 3.0 to allow upgrade to XP SP3?

Finally, does SP3 fix the wi fi problem that many people seem to have? Parallels or VMWear are looking pretty good.

Trouble installing Boot Camp Update 2.2

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