So, I installed Windows 7 x64, figuring that Apple would allow me to install the 64 bit drivers on my Macbook. I was wrong.

When you insert the (snow) Leopard DVD, it gives you a message along the lines of “you don’t own an expensive enough Mac to use 64 bit Windows”. So, with a little fancy Googling, I found a workaround.

It is confirmed working with the Snow Leopard DVD also.

Open the start menu and type in “cmd”. Right click on the result and select run as administrator.

Then type in:

D:

cd “Boot Camp\Drivers\Apple”

msiexec /i BootCamp64.msi

There! If you have done everything correctly, you should be on your way to installing the 64 bit drivers!

Windows 7, shown at PDC, has one cool feature… the SuperBar! It is a bigger task bar that loses the text (hmm… can anyone say OSX dock?), and is better for touchscreen computers. It also has plenty of transparency. Anyways, Microsoft passed out a build of 7 at PDC to attendents. This build, however, doesn’t include the SuperBar. Most thought that enabling it was a lost cause. However, this person didn’t. Say hello to the SuperBar in 6801.

Here’s the important part of the post:

Simply download a copy of a tool I whipped up for either x86 or x64 (untested thus far), drop it into your Windows\ directory and execute the following commands as an Administrator in a command prompt window:

• takeown /f %windir%\explorer.exe
• cacls %windir%\explorer.exe /E /G MyUserName:F (replacing MyUserName with your username)
• taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
• start unlockProtectedFeatures.exe

After changing the protected feature lock state, you can re-launch the shell by clicking the Launch button.

[OC x86 Mirror] [OC x64 Mirror]