BootCamp 5.1 windows 8 support software

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John199008 Author

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BootCamp 5.1 windows 8 support software

Hi all, Thank you for the great Q&A's that are on here. They have been very helpful through all of my problems that I have encountered.

My question:

I have a 2011 early MacBook pro running the latest osx system. I have installed windows 8 successfully using boot Camp. I have almost everything set up correctly except for these few things are not working correctly.

1. the boot camp application / control panel does not show anywhere, even when I search it in the taskbar, under programs, it does not seem to be there anywhere. In the arrow, located in the taskbar it does not show either. So for this problem I can not get to the boot camp control panel to be able to change my keyboard settings or change my track pad settings. I have no function keys working at all. Everything from the F1 key and on located at the top of the keyboard does not work. On the trackpad I can not right click at all using two fingers.

does anyone have any suggestions for this problem please. everything else seems to be working accordingly but these are my key problems that I have noticed!

PLEASE HELP!!! 😟

J.T.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Nov 5, 2014 7:49 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Nov 5, 2014 8:00 PM in response to John199008

Did you download and install the support software?

Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640

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Answer 2

Loner T

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Nov 5, 2014 8:20 PM in response to Kappy

Kappy .5640 does not support Early 2011 MBP as mentioned in Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640

System Requirements

MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch & 15-inch, Late 2013)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2013)
Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

John199008, .5621 is what you would need. Download directly to the Windows side, if your ethernet connection works, otherwise download the .zip to a USB2 flash drive from OS X side, unzip it, and run setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder after switching to Windows from System Preferences -> Startup Disk.

From Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621

System Requirements

MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2011)
MacBook Air (11-inch & 13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (15-inch & 17-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, & 15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro (13-inch,15-inch & 17-inch Late 2011)
MacBook Pro (13-inch & 15-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch and 15-inch, Early 2013)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
Mac mini (Mid 2011)
Mac mini (Late 2012)
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Mid 2011)
iMac (21.5-inch & 27-inch, Late 2012)
iMac (21.5-inch) Early 2013
Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, 64 bit

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