Boot camp assistant has disappeared from Windows Tool Tray

While in windows my Apple keyboard quit working. I tried to update my drivers and now the Boot Camp icon is gone from the Windows Tool Tray (and my Apple keyboard is still not recognized)? The only way I can boot into Mac is restart Windows and hold down ALT key. What have I done? DOH!

If you have trouble in Windows, then it would seem logical to boot from that system's install CD.
It won't help to boot into OS X, will it? maybe if you want to make an image backup (clone, with WinClone) of your XP partition.
The "Apple OSSwitcher" boot camp tray icon, part of Boot Camp services you installed.
You could also run system file checker (in XP)
CMD and then sfc /scannow
also chkdsk
msconfig - check and see what startup and services are installed and loaded
Programs - to uninstall first, then reboot and install a fresh copy

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