Can't install drivers, help!

Question

So after my 4 year old Macbook began having serious issues that Apple could not figure out they decided to give me a new computer to replace it. And since the old Macbook had a Firewire port, and the new ones do not, they upgraded me to the 13" Macbook Pro. On my old system I was running OS10.6.3 with the most updated version of Windows XP on the 40GB partition. I used Winclone (recommended as a full backup software by the Bootcamp tech at Apple Care and cloned my XP onto an external drive. I got the MBP and it has the configuration below. I partitioned the drive as an NTSF successfully. I then used Winclone and was able to successfully load my Windows clone from my old computer. Much to my delight Windows booted up and seemed to work fine. Then I started getting "new hardware found" popups like crazy. It is also asking me to register the copy of Windows. So I inserted the OSX disk and tried to load the drivers. It loaded the NVIDIA drivers successfully. However as the computer starts trying to load the "Keyboard drivers" it does not progress, even overnight. I followed Apple's bootcamp instructions and used Windows Explorer to locate the individual drivers on the disk. They act like they are loading but never do. Then I tried going on line to search for drivers, but found that I do not have wireless (drivers I assume) on the Windows side. Also, the SPSS software, which was the only reason for me to put Windows on the MBP, now says it is not licensed. So I need help figuring this out. Any further info needed please let me know.
Hardware Overview:
OS: 10.6.3
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP71.0039.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.62f5

Answer 1

Hi,
transfering a Windows installation from one computer to another one is always a feat.
The outcome can range from 'it worked' to not even be able to boot, due to the very nature of different hardware components.
Microsoft offers a tool called Sysprep http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B302577&x=7&y=11 for such a task, but for you it is now useless.
XP wants to be reactivated due to these hardware changes. Maybe with SPSS ist's the same.
What you may try, short of a complete reinstall of Windows and SPSS, is to completely remove the old Apple BootCamp Drivers (via Control Panel - Software) and then use the OSX DVD that came with your new MBP to install the Drivers from scratch.
If you can't successfully boot into XP the normal way, you can try the safe boot options as described in here http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B315222&x=10&y=11
For just troublesome graphics driver, DriverSweeper is a tool you can use http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
Hope it helps
Stefan