Boot Camp update 3.1

I installed Win7 on Boot Camp 3.0.1, soon after getting the Macbook Pro. I then installed Parallels 5, and set it to use the Win7 installation. Soon afterward I got invalid activation number notices, and had to get a phone re-act from Windows, which worked.
I read somewhere that the problem was that Windows saw a hardware change with the Boot Camp - Parallels connection, hence the activation issue. So I used ONLY Win7 thru Parallels, and not ever Boot Camp directly.
Now I ses an update to Boot Camp 3.1 available, and Apple now supports Win 7. So I tried to install the BC 3.1 update. This is what happened (2 or 3 times now):
1) I click on the 3.1 Update exe.
2) Parallels-Win7 immediately opens, and something like installation procedures happen.
3) am asked to restart. I do.
The About This Mac check on software tells me that Boot Camp Assistant is still 3.0.1 version. No update.
Software requirements on the Apple site for BC 3.1 lists Win Xp, which I don't have - I have only Win7 (64 bit).
My questions:
Is there no upgrade possible without Win Xp?
Is there any way to do the upgrade?
Does this upgrade allow Windows to see ONLY one machine when switching between Boot Camp and Parallels 5 - thus no activation issues with MS?
I'd appreciate any help.
tomas

Read this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3172
You will need to install the Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 upgrade and follow the instructions in this article. I don't have Windows 7 so can't be absolutely sure how the procedure works. This article doesn't address the effect of having Parallels installed. I don't have Parallels either so can't help with this aspect.
I don't know whether there is an additional special sequence to follow to ensure the update of Boot Camp when Windows 7 is already installed.
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Please tell me, if I am fail.
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do you have any kind of Remote Viewing software installed, like LogMeIn or Go To My PC ?
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Thanks for the response, Stefan.
But that's not what the Apple download page says. Specifically it says the following.
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