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| Thread ID: 81120 | 2007-07-17 08:28:00 | Drivers for Windows XPMediaCentre on iMac. | springa886 (10558) | Press F1 |
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| 569646 | 2007-07-17 08:28:00 | My friend has an iMac that he put Windows XP Media Centre Edition onto (I soooo did'nt know that you could do that!!), but now he needs XP drivers for everything!! Is there a site that he could get them off? If not could someone tell me what Network Card and Sound Card and Video Card is in the iMacs and I will search the sites for the drivers. Cheers |
springa886 (10558) | ||
| 569647 | 2007-07-17 08:47:00 | I'm guessing your friend is using Parallels which would enable him to run Windows XP Media Centre via emulation (quite well) on an iMac. if you want XP drivers go to Microsoft.com All the Apple stuff is already on the machine or for more info about drivers and hardware you click on the Apple icon on the top left of the screen then About this Mac>More info> I take it your friend doesn't want to run Front Row? |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 569648 | 2007-07-17 09:01:00 | My friend has an iMac that he put Windows XP Media Centre Edition onto (I soooo did'nt know that you could do that!!), but now he needs XP drivers for everything!! Is there a site that he could get them off? If not could someone tell me what Network Card and Sound Card and Video Card is in the iMacs and I will search the sites for the drivers. Cheers If it was installed using bootcamp. During the download would have been instructions on how to get the drivers. during the setup of bootcamp it even asks you to insert disc for the windows drivers to burn |
plod (107) | ||
| 569649 | 2007-07-17 10:07:00 | Put it this way guys... Front Row... Bootcamp... IM LOST and my friend knows less about computers than me!!! winmacguy, if I go to Microsoft.com, how do I know what drivers to download? I mean, I don't know what kind of video card is in it and/or network card (so i cant get it on the internet to search for them, im using my PC and transfering any drivers i find to the iMac using a external HDD) and/or anything else i need drivers for!! plod, I wouldn't have a clue how he put windows on that thing whether it was using bootcamp, (just googled it), or not. Even if he did use bootcamp, and did make a CD, he just moved houses and alot of his CDs got broken in the travels. I doubt if he'd still have it!!! LOL |
springa886 (10558) | ||
| 569650 | 2007-07-17 10:12:00 | Front Row is Apple's simplified version of Window's media centre. Bootcamp was developed by Apple to allow you to natively boot Windows on an Intel Mac. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 569651 | 2007-07-17 10:19:00 | Put it this way guys... Front Row... Bootcamp... IM LOST and my friend knows less about computers than me!!! Pardon me for asking a dumb question, but if your friend knows less about computers than you then how did he install XP Media Centre on an iMac? Also why does he want XP Media Centre on an iMac?:confused: (I can understand why you would want a media centre PC) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 569652 | 2007-07-17 10:25:00 | HAHAHA You make a good point my friend!! I wouldn't have a clue why he wants Media Centre, I think its the OS from his PC. Do you know what network card is in the imacs? and where i could find the driver that works with windows? If i can get it online it would be much easier than switching to and fro. | springa886 (10558) | ||
| 569653 | 2007-07-17 10:35:00 | I don't know what network card is in his iMac but if you follow the directions that I posted earlier he shouldn't have any trouble finding out. iMacs come with built in ethernet networking cards. As for where to get Windows drivers... if you can't get them from the Windows installer disk then you might need to ask a pctek:) To avoid having to switch between Windows and Mac you need to install Parallels which does what the name says- it runs Windows and OS X in parallel. Having Bootcamp which is the other alternative means that you can Bootup in either Windows or OS X (which is a better solution for some things.) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 569654 | 2007-07-17 11:41:00 | Right I think the best thing would be to start again. You now no what bootcamp is? This is by far the best way to install xp on a imac. During the process it will give clear ibstructions to make a driver cd. This by far is the best way of getting the correct drivers for windows for imac( or any mac). After you have installed xp through bootcamp you then can do what winmacguy suggests(parallels). parallels will use the existing installation of xp. So you will be able to use xp under emulation or native(using same install). My advice go to the apple website and follow bootcamp instrutions..... |
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