Boot Camp Assistant; Flash Drive; Missing Drivers

Hello, thanks in advance for any input.
I'm setting up Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro (OS X Version 10.8.2).
Boot Camp took about eight hours to generate my flash drive and download the required support drivers. 
Windows 7 then installs without errors. 
When finished it's missing most, if not all, of its drivers.
I've run through this five times now, each time being careful to make sure I'm downloading drivers.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.  Let me know what other details you need.
Have a great one

I found it.  The directions mention drivers autorunning during step 4 (Page 7) or if that doesn't work to open the BootCamp folder.  It is on there, but it neither auto runs nor is it called BootCamp.  You'll find it instead under a folder called Windows Support.  Just run setup inside of there. 

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