Help, Windows Boot Camp Installer Freezes Befor Finshing Installation

MacBook Pro 2.6 4g Ram 200Gg hd, 17hd 10.5 Leopard
Gave windows 25g
Installed Windows XP Home SP2 no problem,
Windows runs
Installing Boot Camp for Windows - Freezes on The Atheros wireless install - Hard Freeze - (left it for 30 min So far.) Mouse is frozen, keyboard dose not work.

Justin:
How about we try this:
1. Hard Wire the internet connection to your Macbook Pro via the ethernet port
2. This should allow you to connect to the internet
3. Open Internet Explorer
4. Choose Tools from the menu of the Internet Explorer and then click on Windows Update
5. This should open a separate window from which you can choose update and at that point windows update should get the drivers for Atheros and list them as Optional Update. Install those drivers.
I am not sure if you can even get this far but is worth a shot.
Axel F.

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