Hi Ray, It must be Service Pack 3, not SP 2 <http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.aspx?menuid=0&doc=/content/32613.htm&page=4#P59_4949>
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (32 bit), Vista Service Pack 1 (32 bit) or Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) Will be a problem I imagine with Product Key & COA Sent from Ronni's iPad On 05/09/2011, at 10:50 PM, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't know about BootCamp but eTax runs a treat under Windows XP and VMWare > Fusion. > Finding missing product keys, now that is a nasty one! > Severin Crisp > > On 05/09/2011, at 9:57 PM, Ray Forma wrote: > >> >> I had a bright idea about sending in my tax return electronically for the >> first time. >> >> I remembered that I had the install disk for Windows XP Home Edition >> (version 2002) that belonged to an old wintel PC that ended up here many >> years ago. I found the package, still unopened, so decided to see if it >> would install on my Mac. >> >> Fired up Boot Camp assistant and created a 20GB Fat-32 partition on my HD. >> Unpacked and inserted the Windows CD and it started installing. After a >> while the installer asked for the product key from the Certificate of >> Authenticity label that was on the old wintel PC. Could not proceed because >> I had long ago put out in the white-goods collection the sick old wintel PC. >> >> The questions therefore are: >> >> 1 Will the tax software run under Windows XP Home Edition (version 2002) >> running on my Mac with Boot Camp? >> >> 2 How can I find out what was the product key on the Certificate of >> Authenticity label that was on the discarded wintel PC? >> >> 3 Should I just give up and stick to the paper tax return? >> >> Regards, >> >> Ray Forma >> Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > ________________________________________________________ > Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. > Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > email mailto:[email protected] > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
