Keyboard for MBP 64-bit

I have nearly installed everything! Wireless, ethernet, my graphics card, and even iSight works! The only thing that I cannot find is driver for the keyboard and for specialty keys like brightness, volume, and eject. I had to find a substitute programs for it (input remapper). Anyone know where to get the genuine driver?
*Posted in both boot camp form and MBP. Figure more people in macbook pro would know.

Of course I tried to install the Atheros drivers!
But the installation process did not finish. As the whole Boot Camp ionstallation did not finish.
I tried to install the Boot Camp from the Mac Pro Disk (found here http://andersonshatch.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/macbook-pro-and-vista-64-bit/)
again last evening. This time the installation process finished including Wifi and Keyboard support.

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