Recently I installed Vista on MacBook Pro using the Bootcamp http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
Everything was working awesome and I love the Mac. Then I started running into "Vista" problems. Everytime I closed my laptop and left it unattended for a couple of hours and started up Vista from it's "Resuming Windows" mode, it would freeze up. I would have to do a hard start but even after that, after logging in, it would freeze again, causing me to do a hard-start again. Frustated with this, and having not found any solution, I suspected my Vista install could be the culprit (none of my colleagues were having this issue), and so tried to do an upgrade install of Windows Vista (popped in the Vista install CD and let it do it's job). After 6 agonizing hours of reinstalling Vista, I log into Windows and this is where my troubles begin:
I already had some software installed and since I opted for upgrade instead of clean install of Vista, it seemd to have corrupted some registry settings and it messed up the following applications:
I tried to uninstall them but that wouldn't work either. So I did an install on top of them and then uninstalled and reinstalled again. Finally got them working.
Word of Advice: If you plan to follow the route that I have taken, definitely uninstall the above apps and install them again, esp Input Remapper as it relies on the Mac Windows Drivers of Bootcamp.
Finally, I am good to go, my Vista seems stable and everything seems happy until I notice some nagging problems.
My audio device doesn't work anymore. It says: "No audio output device is installed". Installing/Reinstalling Bootcamp drivers didn't help. The only way I found to get this resolved is this:
- Open Device Manager
- Go to "Sound, video and game controllers"
- Uninstall Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC. In the popup, choose the "Remove install software".
- Reinstall Bootcamp Window Drivers again
And lo! It works!
The other problem I ran into is "no battery is detected".
Even when I plugged out the power cord, it runs fine but I wasn't sure how long it would last. It would not give any metrics if I hovered over the Battery icon. The solution to this is:
- Start your computer and go to OSX
- Reinstall Bootcamp in OSX.
- Reboot your machine and login to Vista.
Your battery meter will now display properly.
Hope this helps other folks who run into the same issues I've had.
Have fun,
Satish
Clarity Consulting