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How do I get out of Windows and back into OS X?

Jan 15, 2015 12:47PM PST

I have directions that say....After windows is installed, you can switch between OS X and Windows. Use the Startup Disk Preference pane in OS X, or " the Boot Camp system tray item in Windows" to select your startup disk, then restart your computer. ****So, where is this Boot Camp system tray item in Windows??? And or, how do I exit? Thanks, Bill

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Before I go looking for this
Jan 15, 2015 11:34PM PST
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Switching back to OS X from windows...
Jan 16, 2015 3:15AM PST

Hi, all is fine with my Windows. Apparently I need to switch to the Classic view and then in the lower right screen is supposed to be a Boot Camp icon that I can click on. What I am doing now is powering off the computer in Windows and then restarting and holding down the Option key and then clicking on OS X.
As far as your other question on what I was using for a key.....Since my first box had no Key "Card" and no Introductory manual, I had no idea how Microsoft presented or packaged the product code key. The last time I bought a piece of Microsoft software was 15 + years ago......when they used to put the product code on the side of the package. So here I was trying to put a 22 digit code in a 25 code pattern. LOL, I'm up and running but boy, I had 77 Windows updates that took over an hour to install. That was crazy!
Bill

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Yup, folk are really lost today.
Jan 16, 2015 3:19AM PST