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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > ________________________________________________________ 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:sevcr...@westnet.com.au ________________________________________________________ -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
