Windows 10 on mid 2009 Macbook Pro (Tutorial)

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SR-MBP Author

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Windows 10 on mid 2009 Macbook Pro (Tutorial)

Managed to update from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro 17" from mid 2009.

This is a tutorial with a few steps to follow in order to make Win 10 to run without any problems and smoothly.

"mid 2009 MacBook Pro 17inch with Windows 10"

Here is the solution to installing Windows 10 on a mid 2009 Macbook Pro:

1. In Windows 8.1 mode on the MBP get the Windows 10 update ISO and mount it as a DVD (I used Gizmo ISO mounter).

2.Go through the update process which takes some time.

3. When Windows 10 finally has set in you would notice that the keyboard extra function keys do not work, the display has a generic Microsoft driver, the trackpad has basic functionality as well.

4.First off unpack "BootCamp 4.0.4033" and install "BootCamp4.0.4033.zip\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple\AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe"

5.Install the "AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe" from the same directory as well

6.Then the display adapter needs to be fixed.

7.Go to "Device Manager/Display adapters" right click

8.Update driver/Browse my computer/locate to "BootCamp 4.0.4033"

9.Go to "Co-processor" line right click

10.Update driver/Browse my computer/locate to "BootCamp 4.0.4033"

11.Restart

12.It may happen that the Display resolution is at 1920x1200 but seem a bit too big. This is why Windows zooms in the appearance of the elements by 25%. In order to fix this issue do the following:

Desktop/right click/Display settings/Advanced display settings/Advanced sizing of text and other items/Change size of items/set custom scaling level/Scale to this percentage of normal size --- set to 100%

After these steps all issues should have been solved and Windows 10 working smooth

Hope those steps would be of help!

MacBook Pro, mid 2009 MacBook Pro with Win 10

Posted on Aug 13, 2015 1:01 AM

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my2centz

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Sep 29, 2017 8:58 AM in response to Matelfer

Hi Frank,

I have a 2009 MBP 2.66ghz, NVDA 9400M 256 mb, and upped the RAM to 8gb. I had Win XP installed for many years using Office. More recently I use Office for Mac so I haven't had a need to boot to Windows. Now I want to learn AutoCAD and need at least Win 7. Thinking I'd prefer to get to Win 10 if possible but BootCampAsst won't allow any install beyond Win 7. Since you situation seemed quite similar, I was wondering if you had success with Win 10, or stayed with Win 7?

I should add I'm not very code savy, so if upgrade to Win 10, I would need to have all the steps clearly delineated.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks, Joe

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Answer 2

Aug 16, 2015 9:31 AM in response to SR-MBP

Thanks for sharing. Officially your model wouldn't support even W8.1. Do you experience any issues now (e.g. Bluetooth driver) or have you made some adjustments at the time you installed W8.1?

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SR-MBP Author

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Aug 17, 2015 2:00 AM in response to Nooneremembers

Hello and thank you for the reply!

In Windows 8.1 I had to look for another Bluetooth driver as the one from Bootcamp was not recognized any more, which was recognized when I was using Win 8.

Then I searched for a driver named "broadcom_bluetooth_12_0_0_9580", which corresponds to my hardware ID of the bluetooth.

Such bluetooth hardware was broadly used by other portable computer manufacturers so I found it fairly easy.

This procedure was only necessary for the Windows 8.1. Bluetooth was/still is working nice and smooth as I have a bluetooth wireless mouse I am using on a daily basis.

Right after updating to Windows 10 I did not need to install that driver again.

As of today Windows 10 runs smooth and fast, if not a tad better than Win 8 and Win 8.1 on my MacBoook Pro mid 2009.

Some more time has to pass in order to have a better feedback but it is quite promising.

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Answer 4

Aug 18, 2015 2:42 AM in response to SR-MBP

Thank you! Sounds promising. I have an MBP mid 2009, which I upgraded with 500 GB SSD and 8GB RAM and I would like to run Windows 10 on it (currently I run Windows 7 Professional). However, as I need the MBP for my PhD project, I won't take a lot of risk, so I appreciate any first hand experience from users who have upgraded similar machines (i.e. machines supporting only Boot Camp version 4 and Windows 7).

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SR-MBP Author

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Aug 18, 2015 2:56 AM in response to Nooneremembers

My MacBook Pro has it´s stock hardware setup from the day I bought it (Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD).

True, you should be doing backups of your work on external drives, regardless of which PC or MAC or whaterver you use ("do not put all your eggs in one basket").

I am using my MacBook Pro as a second workstation doing Product design, CAD modelling, Presentations to clients etc. So with that hardware setup it is quite sufficient.

Best of luck and success for your PhD project!

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cwfly

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Jan 6, 2016 12:27 AM in response to SR-MBP

SR-MBP,

Thank you for the post. I too have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro running Windows 10 from Bootcamp. Prior to that I was running Windows 10 under VMware fusion.

Have you been able to test the mini display port? It's the one thing that I cannot get to work. If I boot the Mac side I can use a mini port to HDMI cable to put the display on my TV. If I boot Win 10 from Bootcamp, the mini display port does not function. Is there a key sequence or configuration process you followed?

thanks.

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Answer 7

Jan 27, 2016 10:12 PM in response to cwfly

Question... I also have a mid 2009 MPB 2.53 dual core processor running VM Fusion with Windows 7 and Windows 10. The problem I had was the Windows OS are running at max CPU (1 core allocated). Thus, processing in windows takes an eternity (sql server 16' and vs 15'). Even the office products are a bit slow to run. Did you have a similar experience?

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Matelfer

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Feb 25, 2016 4:36 PM in response to SR-MBP

Hello and thank you for your post.

I installed windows 8 on a mid 2009 Macbook pro 64 bits about a year ago because I needed the Windows version of Autocad on it, as you said it took some tricks to get it to install, it works fine now.

Should I upgrade to Windows 10? is there any practical reason? A friend told me it made his 6 yearold PC run like new.

I just use the Windows partition for Autocad, all the rest I go back to the Mac partition.

Any thoughts?

Frank

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decalmo

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Apr 3, 2016 11:44 AM in response to SR-MBP

Thank you for this very helpful post. It worked for me on a 15" mid 2009 MacBook Pro with only one change - I used the Bootcamp 5 drivers for the keyboard and trackpad as the Bootcamp 4 versions kept asking for the 64bit version of DPInst.exe - didn't need it with the Version 5 drivers.

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bisento

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May 16, 2016 7:19 AM in response to SR-MBP

Many thanks for this post, you just have saved my week 🙂

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