FINALLY - Boot Camp 2.1 Installed Successfully. Here are some stats....

Question

Well, I believe I have finally successfully installed Boot Camp 2.1 for Windows Vista 32-bit on a MacBook Pro. After trying last Friday to install it, failing miserably, and a weekend spent reinstalling operating systems, etc. I feel a bit better. Although, these problems shouldn't have to happen to begin with, in my opinion.
I have learned to backup even more religiously than I have before -- you don't know how many restore points, complete PC backups, etc. I have done over the past few days.
Anyway, here are some stats that I would like to compare with other folks to make sure that I have everything that this update was supposed to offer. I wish Apple would provide the details about the update, but they don't. Here are my statistics, many probably Windows Vista 32-bit specific.
_Miscellaneous Notes_
I have a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz, 15", 4 GB RAM -- I bought it in June 2007 (I forget what the chipset is - Santa Rosa? - but it was a new model then)
I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit
I had Vista SP1 installed before installing the BC 2.1 update
I did not have any other language packs installed
If I right click on the Boot Camp icon in the taskbar and say "About", the version I see is Version 2.1 (Build 210A12)
Drivers
Apple Built-In Bluetooth: 4/6/2008, version 2.1.0.1
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT: 1/24/2008, version 7.15.11.6763
Apple Keyboard: 3/10/2008, version 2.1.0.0 (I had two of these listed)
Apple Trackpad: 8/28/2007, version 2.0.1.4
Apple IR Receiver: 11/1/2007, version 2.0.1.1
Built-in iSight: 6/21/2006, version 6.0.6001.18000
Apple Trackpad Enabler: 8/28/2007, version 2.0.1.4
Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter: 4/15/2007, version 7.2.0.204 (there may be an update to this that I haven't installed yet)
Marvell Yukon 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller: 3/23/2007, version 10.12.7.3 (there may be an update to this that I haven't installed yet)
Realtek High Definition Audio: 11/14/2007, version: 6.0.1.5512 (Note: This was disabled after the install of BC 2.1. I had to reenable it in the device manager. I think maybe my virus scanning program might have done something, but I am not sure)
Note: I had 3 monitors listed in my Device manager, but I only have two -- the laptop monitor and an external monitor connected to it. That is weird, I think.
_Windows Experience Index_
Processor: 5.1
Memory (RAM): 4.8
Graphics: 5.9 (This might have went up with the new driver, I don't remember)
Gaming Graphics: 5.4
Primary Hard Disk: 4.6
Base Score: 4.6 (because of hard drive)
_Final Words_
This wasn't a smooth update at all by any means.
I hope this helps a little. Please let me know if you have the same sort of statistics.
Thanks.
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Answer 1

In my quest to figure out why my keyboard backlighting is not working, I decided to extract the BC 2.1 installer using 7-zip to see all of the individual drivers separately. Now, I don't know which driver is for the keyboard backlight, but I did try to install the TrackPad separately, and guess what, the original installation did not update the trackpad driver for some reason.
So now the the stats for the Apple Trackpad are:
10/9/2007, version 2.0.1.5