Windows 10 Bootcamp Documentation/Issues

Hi everyone,


I have decided to start this thread to document any issues with Windows 10 Bootcamp installation from my side of things.


Initially, 2 days ago, I decided to install Windows 10 Education (I am a student, so I have free access to this) using Boot Camp Assistant. Everything in the installation went well. I only started having BSOD issues when I put the computer to sleep (i.e closing the lid, or selecting "sleep" from the start menu) on Windows 10.


I immediately thought about NVRAM reset and SMC reset. These apparently helped the issues only for mild sleep periods (1-3 hours). Last night, I put it to sleep, and woke up only to find the BSOD yet again.


I then read these instructions (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468) more carefully, and noted that apparently Apple only supports Windows 10 Home or Pro editions on Boot Camp. So I decided to remove the partition, and reinstall Windows 10 Pro (also free, since I am a student) from scratch using Boot Camp. The installation went well, and afterwards, I decided to perform another NVRAM and SMC reset.


The true test will be leaving the computer in sleep overnight, and seeing whether I get the dreaded BSOD tomorrow morning, or not.


Is it possibly due to the fact that I previously had Mac OS X as the default startup OS? I now have Windows as the default startup OS...


I also followed this advice: https://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/9b18we/macbook_pro_2018_w_touchbar_cant_get_windows_10/



Note: I have the high end MBP w/touch bar model, with Mojave OS installed, and firevault encryption is turned off, since it seems that used to result in kernel panic attacks on the OS X when the computer was sleeping for extended periods of time, if that makes any difference...


Anything I should note, or words of advice?


Thanks,

Mo


MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar (2018 or later)

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 4:23 PM

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