Boot Camp won't update from 3.1 to 3.2

I have been running bootcamp for several years now and I'm stuck on version 3.1.  The apple software updater (in Windows) will download version 3.2 but crashes when trying to install it.  I have also downloaded the 3.2 file directly from Apple, saved it to the Windows partition, but it won't install and crashes also.  It doesn't crash Windows, just the installer.  When I tried to jump ahead to Ver 3.3, it just tells me I don't need that update.
I've let this go for a long time, but have finally tried to achieve some resolution.
Windows 7 SP1 - 64 bit

Problem solved:  It was a logmein vitrual display adapter that was the problem.  It caused BC update to freak out.  Uninstalled adapter and everything worked.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16982685#16982685

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