Boot Camp Services allegedly interfering with Windows 7 upgrade installer

The MS Windows 'upgrade advisor' analyzes my Vista install & says I'm good to go with an upgrade, onto my Boot Camp partition, from Vista 32 bit to W-7 32-bit - - - -
BUT..... when, after booting up in Vista, I try to run the W-7 installer program the following happens:
1) starts off immediately copying needed files and trying to create temp folders and then aborts with a a Microsoft error message Code 0x80070005 - "unable to create a required installation folder."
It is said, on credible Microsoft help forums like this one, that this is a known issue with Boot Camp not supporting W7, but the workaround some people have apparently tried quite successfully is to run the Vista uninstaller and REMOVE -"Boot Camp Services" from the boot camp volume; THEN,//////install the W-7 upgrade normally; then go back to the Leopard install DVD and reinstall BootCamp Services. Can this be done ? Should it work just that simply ?
I am leery and cautious about trying this without assurances from more experienced Mac guys that it should not cause me any serious issues I'd regret creating.
IS Apple aware of this issue and do they have a suggested fix ? Are they working on a solution ?

You must be using the Win7 upgrade software. I ran into the same problem. Here's what you can try. First, run the upgrade software application and let it extract all the files to your Windows drive. The installer will then fail, but you will have a folder on your drive that contains the upgrader's content. Burn the contents of that folder (not the folder itself) to a DVD. Then restart Windows and delete the upgrader folder. Now insert the DVD you made and navigate to it. Double-click on the Startup application. The updater should now work. I had the option to upgrade my existing system or archive the existing system and do a clean install Win7. I had nothing to save so i opted for the clean install. I've tried this twice so far, and it has worked for me.

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