Mac Pro Bootcamp WIFI-driver immunity

So. Apparently OS X 10.10.1 and Windows 8.1 are fighting a war over my Network and Bluetooth Device (Broadcom) in my Mac Pro (late 2013). It's really the strangest thing. I have looked everywhere, tried everything and I still have no idea what's happening. Maybe you guys know what it could be.
I have installed Windows 8.1 on my Mac Pro with Bootcamp, installed the latest Bootcamp Drivers (via Bootcamp) and Windows seems to work just fine! After a reboot into Mac OS X 10.10.1 - it took quite some time to connect to our WIFI - and a reboot back into Windows (pressing alt at start up) Windows could not connect to our WIFI Network. The network showed up in the available networks list, but when i tried to connect to it, it just tried to connect for about 20 seconds and then promoting an "windows can't connect to that WIFI..." error. More over it only found something like 4 available networks, where there normally are about 40 (I live in crowded area).
So after some research i managed to uninstall the current version of the network card driver and installed an older one (downloaded from the Broadcom Homepage I think) and Windows suddenly saw all the other 40 networks and could also connect to our WIFI again. Problem solved I thought.
So after another boot into MacOSX and back into Windows the same thing happened AGAIN! Only saw something like 3-4 other Networks and couldn't connect to our WIFI.
And here comes the funny part. I found jet another (older bootcamp) driver for the network adapter, managed to install that driver and (ijeey) it worked. Windows suddenly saw all the other 40 networks and could also connect to our WIFI again.
So after ANOTHER boot into OS X (this time my bluetooth mouse froze while booting and I had to cold restart the Mac Pro twice! - but then it worked!) back into Windows the same thing happened AGAIN!
Since then I have installed and uninstalled maybe 4 different drivers and it's like my mac becomes immune to each new driver after I reboot into OS X and back into Windows. So each time I have to install a new (different than before) driver to be able to connect to our WIFI. And I'm slowly running out of drivers.
Need help. Any thoughts?

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