Illuminated Keyboard w/ Vista 32-bit

I just finished using bootcamp to install Windows Vista 32-bit on my MacBook Pro. I have also installed the drivers on the OS X disk as well. The problem is that my illuminated keyboard won't turn off. It will brighten and dim with the F6 and F5 keys though. Why isn't it turning off if it can brighten and dim? The screen brightness ajustments are perfectly fine as well as the volume keys.

' I'm afraid that's the way it is on Vista! You can turn the brightness up and down, yes - and you can trun it down to "lowest" brightness - but if the drivers decide that it's dim enough in your environment to have the backlight turned on, then you cannot actually turn it off yourself.
' The drivers will turn the backlight off if the environment is bright enough - but you yourself are limited to adjusting brightness, not enabling or disabling the backlight.
' Sorry mate - that's just the way thing are at this point in the driver development!!!
~Menageryl
-Jack of All Trades, Master of Some!-

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