Gene, I'd be surprised if you installed windows 7 and then used a network cable to download windows updates if it dind't select a windows 7 compatable driver for the wireless device. I've found on any machine I've installed 7 to, I'ts automatically downloaded and let me install the missing drivers for any device that needs updates or more specific drivers.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gene Sent: Monday, 12 July 2010 8:05 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: a problem with vista Hi that's what I tried infact the drivers on the snow leopard disk don't have 7 specific drivers and so after the drivers wouldn't work I called apple and they told me that I would just have to use the ethernet cable and so I decided to try installing the drivers manually and the installer said they were installed but they still wasn't getting recognized. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Mustill-Rose" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 2:37 PM Subject: Re: a problem with vista > Just install the vista driver for the wireless under 7, it should work. > I have an older system running 7 and I'm using xp drivers for the > sis650 ethernet, 7 is very good like that. > > On 11/07/2010, gene <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi guys well I know it's kind of out dated but I'm trying to install >> vista on my macbook I would put 7 on it how ever apple doesn't want >> to support the wireless adapter at the time. But anyway I am using >> the bootcamp partition and after windows gets installed and finishes >> installing and prepairing the desktop the next time it comes up it >> says warning the partition e: is not valid and to please use >> microsoft fdisk to rebuild the partition, now I'm thinking this could >> ignored since according to the bootcamp installation guide I can't >> really utilize the mac partition in windows anyway since I'm using >> ntfs. what does everyone else think about this problem? >> Thanks >> Gene >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
