Macbook Pro unibody, Windows 7 and ForceWare 186.03, Problems installing

I've posted this at macrumors and the nvidia forum to no avail...
I've been having issues getting this to install. First let me state my setup. I'm using the late 2008 Unibody Macbook Pro 15". I have windows 7 RC 1 running with Boot Camp. I downloaded the forceware version 186.03 for my Geforce 9600GT.
The thing is, when i tried installing the driver, it recognizes that I have a nvidia chip and installs away. It pauses for what seems like 5 minutes and asks for a restart. Mind you know that PhysX and the nVidia Control Panel are not installed. Upon restarting back into windows, I realise that the driver is actually intalled (It states that I'm running a GeForce 9600 GT in Device Manager).
I tried launching the nvidia control panel setup manually from the extracted files in C:\NVIDIA but it only says that the required drivers aren't available for support and then it just ends. PhysX can be installed manually but there is no way I can find out if it indeed has been installed.
Can anyone shed some light on what I can do? I've also tried manually installing the drivers.
Thanks... Gordo

At this point, if you try installing driver again, try using Driver Sweeper 2.0 from Guru3D to sweep and delete drivers in addition to uninstalling. That can clean things up and help, but I am at a loss and just from reading seems mixed results on MBP as to which ones to use and work or not.
So do browse through today's posts. Though I am perplexed MacRumors couldn't help - seems mixed and the Mac Pro section sometimes more help than Windows on Mac. Though the MacBook area you tried also?

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