Installing Mac drivers broke Windows

So I just finished Installing Windows 7 64-bit to my 2010 MacBook Pro, and everything went fine for the most part, except I could not run the drivers installer. When I first tried I would get an error that said "BootCamp x64 not supported". I finally figured out a way to get around that by running BootCamp.msi through command prompt (with the aid of this guide- http://tsentas.net/bootcamp-x64-unsupported/), but once the drivers installed and it rebooted, everything was completely screwy. The display is choppy in certain sections of the screen, and the computer takes at least a minute to excute any command, like highlighting a file I've clicked on (let alone actually load an application). It is effectively unusable in its current state. Running WIndows in safe mode still works, so it's certainly the drivers. What should I do? I suppose I can uninstall the drivers, but where can I find a version of the drivers that works? And has anyone heard of this problem before? I've looked around but don't see anything.
Oh, and for what it is worth, I had pre-installed a few third-party drivers prior to getting the installer to run, such as Trackpad++ (added multi-touch functionality), RocketDock (adds a Mac-like Dock), WindowBlinds (alters appearance of toolbar) and an Nvidea Graphics driver I needed to run a game on Steam. Maybe the last of these is causing the problem?

Yeah, I was able to run a system restore in safe mode to immediately before I ran the installer and everything is back to normal. I figure I'll add drivers individually as I need them from here on out. That way I'll at least know which driver is causing the problem if things get messed up again.

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