I'm gonna rip the hair out of my head...Win XP related...

Ok, after fighting with Boot Camp and hours of work on trying to just have the system install the **** OS, I'm finally in it and everything's been working great. Now I'm in Windows XP and I just tried to install the Mac drivers. The bluetooth keyboard and mouse worked just great up until I installed the drivers. NOW IT'S ASKING ME TO CLICK ON SOMETHING TO CONTINUE AND I CAN'T!
None of the USB ports work so I can't put in a wired mouse and my bluetooth stuff doesn't wrok either. Now I stare at windows with a Continue Anyways box in front of me. Can someone give me a solution before I send this Mac Pro back to Apple with a bomb inside it?

I would love to ditch Windows for good, but until Autodesk writes AutoCAD and 3D Studio for OSX then I am unfortunately tied to both platforms. Whilst there are other packages available, I will not change to using them purely for OS reasons. The introduction of the MacPro is the most perfect solution that I could have asked for, as it means that I can be rid of the nasty PC box I have "hidden" under my desk.
I am also a pretty heavy gamer... whilst an Xbox will play a driving game or FPS shooter pretty well, it does not compete with a PC with MMORPG such as Lineage 2 and WoW and the like. I am not a joystick/keypad player - more keyboard and mouse.
I have no answer to the points raised in the thread (My MacPro is still due to be delivered on the 15th September as I spec'd the X1900) but as I would expect the small niggles with XP and a MP to be solved with the next version of Bootcamp.
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