Guest Brightbelt Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Hi, I've installed XP Pro on an Intel Mac, but this problem exists in Windows too I believe. I'm having problemas doing restarts - XP freezes every time. I know that with my SP1 disk, there can be recognition issues with the ACPI in the Bios during installation. There are ways you can steer the installation to fix it but I wasn't able to figure it out, so XP is already installed. Is there a way to fix this issue at post-install? One would think Microsoft would have an update for this. I've managed thru sheer will to get SP2 downloaded and installed. But my restarts still freeze at the point where it says "Windows XP is starting up...." I really would appreciate any guidance or help here. If this is not an ACPI issue, all the better, although I don't know what else it would be. Many Thanks, Frank B.
Guest Carey Frisch [MVP] Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Possible ACPI recognition problem/Restart freezes You cannot install and run Windows XP on a Mac computer unless you use Apple's Boot Camp program. Windows XP was designed for installation on a PC, not a Mac. Boot Camp: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Brightbelt" <Brightbelt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:64A837E6-A0A1-4C80-B76C-660605B32D99@microsoft.com... Hi, I've installed XP Pro on an Intel Mac, but this problem exists in Windows too I believe. I'm having problemas doing restarts - XP freezes every time. I know that with my SP1 disk, there can be recognition issues with the ACPI in the Bios during installation. There are ways you can steer the installation to fix it but I wasn't able to figure it out, so XP is already installed. Is there a way to fix this issue at post-install? One would think Microsoft would have an update for this. I've managed thru sheer will to get SP2 downloaded and installed. But my restarts still freeze at the point where it says "Windows XP is starting up...." I really would appreciate any guidance or help here. If this is not an ACPI issue, all the better, although I don't know what else it would be. Many Thanks, Frank B.
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