Administrators Leon Posted October 27, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2014 Yesterday I finally got around to dual-booting my MacBook, with a nice fresh copy of Windows 7. Everything was great, except for a laggy download of the Windows Support Software. So, earlier today, I got around to installing the drivers. It turns out, my old MacBook didn't support BootCampx64. I then did a quick search on how to fix this issue. I came up with a number of answers, but this is an answer aimed at people who were in my situation which is: I could not right click on the BootCampx64.msi file, because of the missing drivers. Or if I could right click, then changing the properties of BootCampx64.msi resulted in not having the required elevated access privileges. My solution (done from within Windows, obviously): Without the drivers installed, you can still right click on the BootCampx64.msi file by click it with 'Shift-F10' which apparently acts as an alternate right click. If you have the first step down, try opening the properties of the file, and change the compatibility to earlier versions of Windows. If that still doesn't work, then open the start menu. Then go to Programs » Accessories » CMD, and hover over CMD. Press Shift-F10, or right click if you are able, on CMD (the Windows Command Prompt). Select the option in the drop-down menu, 'Run as Administrator.' Then open CMD and get a shell window. Now, when you open CMD, you should be running it as C:Windowssystem32. At the Command Prompt, type in cd /d C: You should now have C: at the far left of the prompt. Type in cd Users. Then type in dir. Find your username, and then type in cd username, e.g. cd John Smith Continue the dir, cd process until you come into the directory in which the BootCampx64.msi is. (You may have dragged the WindowsSupport folder onto the desktop, or someplace else). After you have reached the directory, simply type in BootCampx64.msi. The program should start. All of the drivers should start installing. You probably won't be able to move your mouse if you have a trackpad, as I do, because the Apple Trackpad driver is one of the last to be installed. If it seems like the process is taking a while, be patient. Sources: This earlier hint, this Apple forum thread, and this very helpful article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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