![]() ![]() The SP2 version says “Includes Service Pack 2” and has the part X10-52217. An SP1 version says “Version 2002” and is listed as part X08-26167. When I tried to install WinXP “SP2”, it worked perfectly! Oh, and in case it’s not obvious, you need a “full” Windows installation package, not an upgrade.įortunately, you can tell by looking at the WinXP disk itself. When I tried to install WinXP “SP1”, it failed. ![]() I solved it by borrowing a couple of different Windows XP installation disks and finding that it’s only the latest version of WinXP that includes the drivers necessary. ![]() ![]() I plugged in a standard PC USB keyboard, though, and found exactly the same problem. Hmm… so the problem, I figured, was that the USB keyboard built-in to the MacBook Pro was an unrecognized device by Windows. At a certain point during the installation process, you see “loading (keyboard drivers)” but it still was nonfunctional. What I noticed when I was going through the Windows XP install process was that once Windows took control of the computer, the keyboard was completely dead: even the “caps lock” key didn’t light up when pressed. Digging through various message boards and Apple discussion forums, it appears that this is a common problem with people installing Boot Camp on their MacBooks and while the most common proposed solution is to simply unplug any and all external USB devices, especially the “mighty mouse” Apple mouse, I found that when I encountered this same problem that didn’t help because I didn’t have anything plugged in! ![]()
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