Apple Keyboard Eject Key driver missing?

Hello all,
Having just installed Windows Vista on my MacPro via the BootCamp assistant supplied with Leopard, I just can't open the cd tray using the eject key; I understand it's all about installing the proper driver that could be extracted from the Leopard DVD - is this correct? If so, how to intall it within Vista? I can't burn the driver on a CD and it(eject key not working) and I can't write on the Windows partition from within OS X as it is a NTFS volume...I'm getting quite desperate; truth be told, Vista is useless to me if I can't use CDs & DVDs for Windows-specific software and games...thanks for any kind of help

I have the same problem with my MacBook Pro. I wasn't able to find a way to use the eject key. I can't access my laptop w/Windows to see exactly how I ejected a CD but I know I did it. Anyways, if I can remember correctly, you can go to "My Computer" and either: right click on the CD/DVD and there is an option to eject or click on the CD/DVD and there's an option on the left to eject the CD/DVD. This is just my two cents, I was too lazy to search for an answer from Apple. Hope I can at least give you a temporary solution.

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