Built-in iSight, MacBook Pro, Boot Camp, XP

Though the Apple website suggests that Boot Camp has support for the built-in iSight, I cannot seem to get it to function in XP on my MacBook Pro. Following is a summary of my configuration. The built-in iSight works perfectly within OS-X.
Here is my configuration summary...
Hardware: MacBook Pro
Software: Latest public release of OS-X, XP-Pro, and all patches for both.
Firmware: Latest public release
BootCamp: Latest public release, all drivers up to date
Access : Admin on both OS's
Using the Windows XP Device Manager, here is the status of the built-in iSight on my MacBook Pro.
System Properties: Hardware: Device Manager: Imaging devices: Apple Built-in iSight - Unprogrammed: General: Device status:
"Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)"
I've gone through uninstall / reinstall of the driver multiple times with no change in status.
Has anybody gotten the built-in iSight on a MacBook Pro to function properly in XP?
Thanks in advance, Randy
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Yes, the built-in iSight camera functions properly under Windows XP Pro on my 2.0 MHz MacBook computer. But the built-in iSight camera on my 1.83 GHz iMac does not function at all under Windows XP Pro.
There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why it does or doesn't work, so I can't tell you what you can do to solve the problem. I spent several hours trying to get functionality back (at one time it worked) on my iMac but eventually gave up pending the next release of Boot Camp.
Unless it's extremely important to you, you might be better off to wait for a fix from Apple.

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