On Monday, CodeWeavers released CrossOver 7.0.2, a maintenance update for the software that enables a Mac to run Windows applications without Windows itself. The update fixes a problem running Office 2000 and Office XP on some 64-bit Macs. It also fixes a problem with saving Word 2003 and Excel 2003 files and problem printing with copies of CrossOver that were upgraded.

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For more on CrossOver, see our CrossOver Tips and Reports page.

Mike Pasquale suggested a fix for a reader's problem printing from Windows with Bonjour in Parallels Desktop on a Mac:

From the error message Tamara received in attempting to run Bonjour, it appears she downloaded the Bonjour setup for 64-Bit Windows instead of the version for 32-bit Windows. On the Apple Bonjour for Windows page, she should click on the link next to "File Size" for the 32-bit version.

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Although Boot Camp requires Windows XP SP2 or greater, Ashley Cheng mistakenly installed Windows XP without SP2 into Boot Camp. She corrected the problem using a MacWindows tip for SP3:

I was not installing SP3 but the tip "How to install Windows XP SP3 in Boot Camp" worked for me in a related way. I mistakenly installed, what I thought was a copy of Windows XP SP2 but actually was, a copy of Windows XP on my Mac mini. It booted fine but when I tried to install boot camp drivers it failed because the Windows XP was not actually an SP2.

Instead of reinstalling with an SP2 installation disc, I tried to upgrade the installed XP to SP2. I then encountered the "insufficient disk space" problem that was described when people trying to upgrade from SP2 to SP3. I tried Jim's tip and the problem was solved. The upgrade to SP2 was successful and I could then install Boot camp drivers v2.0 and subsequently v2.1.

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Brian Johnson interrupted an update of Windows Vista in Boot Camp, and now can't get it to boot:

I was running Vista (32-bit) via Boot Camp on my Mac Pro 2.66 w/5GB ram, 10.5.4. Everything on the Mac side is up-to-date.

I thought I had completed all of the Vista updates a couple of weeks ago. The last thing I remembered was the PC side telling me to restart -- and I recall letting OS X boot up instead.

After two weeks, I decided this morning to visit the Dark Side to play World-in-Conflict, and I received a message that said in essence "Vista is configuring your update, Stage 3 of 3. Do not turn off your computer." After about 5 or 6 seconds, I received a new message that "Windows is shutting down." I must have gone through this sequence about 5 times before it dawned on me that something was very, very wrong.

I do Windows mainly for the games, but it had been two weeks, so I'm not a fanatic or a system tweaker. I rarely use the internet on the PC side, and I use the latest Norton anti-virus SW. In so many words, Vista ran w/o any incidents.

If you have a suggestion

Yesterday, Boingo Wireless, Inc. introduced a Mac version of its GoBoingo WiFi client for accessing the company's commercial public WiFi hotspots. Previously available only for Windows 2000/XP/Vista, the GoBoingo client simplifies logon to over 100,000 hotspots, including airports and hotels. Boingo offers a monthly plan and a "pay as you go" option.

The GoBoingo authentication tool determines whether a hotspot belongs to a Boingo roaming partner and helps users log on to the Internet with their Boingo account in a single click.

Alex Maurer sent in a suggestion for fixing the problem of Boot Camp reporting insufficient drive space during partitioning, even when there is plenty of free space. Maurer suggest defragmenting the drive:

I too have come across the error message that reports about not having enough disk space to partition, even though there is. This is due to some files being in the area that boot camp assistant is trying to use to partition and can be solved by defragmenting the disk with programs such as iDefrag ($30).

Since Mac OS X doesn't have its own defragment-program, it's only possible to do such operations with third party programs as I have mentioned above.

Interestingly, running iDefrag fixes another Boot Camp partitioning problem, that of kernel panics. We've only had reports of the problem (and the fix) with Mac OS X 10.5.2. If you've seen the problem with 10.5.3 or 10.5.4

This week Apple released the Mac OS X 10.5.4 and Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 updates. Although a relatively minor update, 10.5.4 fixes a problem with saving and reopening Adobe Creative Suite 3 files on a file server, according to Apple. We've previously reported that the issue can lead to corruption of the Adobe file.

Apple also said that the update improves reliability of the built-in L2TP VPN client and that 10.5.4 "addresses an issue that may result in a partially installed X11 application."

Apple also released Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 update. It improves the reliability of Directory Services, according to Apple.

If you've tried the Mac OS X 10.5.4 how it affects these and other Leopard problems.

Steve Fevold reports having the problem of Entourage not syncing the inbox at all unless the cache is flushed before the sync:

I've have a client who has two Macs with Entourage 2008 that won't keep the inbox sync'd with the Exchange 2003 server. If he empties the cache for the inbox, it will update but it won't continue to update. He's convinced it's a problem with the server but I'm leaning more toward Entourage or maybe the size of his mailbox. What's odd is the other folders that he's created along with the Sent Items sync fine. The Sent Items folder has more that 22,000 items in it, that take awhile to sync up from scratch. Everything works fine using OWA or Outlook 2003.

I saw the suggestion by Tim Levin on January 2nd regarding two fixes for Entourage\Exchange 2007. I've been prompted to rebuild the database once, so I've been forced to try Tim's first suggestion. I haven't asked the user to try Tim's "best solution" of deleting the local database. I was a little reluctant for two reasons: This wasn't Exchange 2007 and it's going to take forever to sync those folders again. I'll give it a try, though, since I have no other choice right now.

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Tommy Birchett reports that Leopard's Spotlight can't search mounted SMB/CIFS shares using Thursby's DAVE 7:

Spotlight searching does not work on Thursby's DAVE mounted CIFS volumes with OS X 10.5.x. Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install OS X 10.5.x on any hardware
2. Install Thursby DAVE 7.x
3. Connect to CIFS share (on NetApp) via DAVE.
4. Use the Finder/Spotlight to search any mounted DAVE volume--no results displayed.

This problem does not appear in OS X 10.4.x or earlier with any version of DAVE installed. This problem does not occur with AFP Volumes. This problem does not occur when CIFS volumes are mounted via OS X native CIFS.

Thursby recommends filing a bug report with Apple if you are having this problem.

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For more on DAVE see our DAVE Reports page.

Jørgen Kold in Denmark reports that Leopard 10.5.3/10.5.4 can't log into a Solaris SMB file server:

My colleague is having problems logging in to a Solaris server from his newly updated MacBook running Leopard 10.5.3.

We are running a Sun Solaris server acting as samba server. We use samba version 3.0.11. On our samba server we use nonencrypted passwords, plaintext.

The problem occurs when our Macs update to 10.5.3. We do not get any error message, but it reacts like if the password is wrong. I think it checks the password as though it were encrypted even though it is not.

I found other people with similar problem at one of Apple's forums. We have tried the new 10.5.4 update but the problem is still there.

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