Mac – Do I need to install the Boot Camp update in Mac OS X and Windows 7

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I'm running Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on a 2010 Mac Pro running Lion.

Every so often I'm prompted to download and install the latest update to the Boot Camp software under Windows but this doesn't ever seem to update the installed version of Boot Camp. I also get prompted to do this when in OS X.

Should I update both or one of them? And if the latter, should I do one before the other?

Best Answer

I found a thread related to Display Drivers in Windows that stops the 3.2 and 3.3 Updates from installing correctly.

The core point is that if there are other display drivers showing in device manager other than the default display adapter (users reported issues and resolution after removing VNC or LogMeIn Mirror display adapters).

The original discussion is here Bootcamp 3.3 fails to install