SMC firmware update 1.7 still reports previous version after successful installation

In the past months or so I've tried multiple times to install the SMC firmware update 1.7 on my macBook Pro. And every time, after the update, the SMC version is reported as the previous version, resulting again in the indication that a 'new' SMC firmware update is available.
My macBook Pro model identifier is:    MacBookPro8,2.
The reported Boot ROM version is:       MBP81.0047.B27
The reported SMC firmware version is: 1.69f3
This last version must be '1.69f4', which is SMC firmware update version 1.7.
So, I download the firmware update (.dmg), I install it, and then I check what the new reported SMC firmware version has become. And see, there it is: 1.69f3. Still not 1.69f4.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET TO THE NEW FIRMWARE VERSION AND ALSO HAVE THE SYSTEM REPORT IT AS THE NEW ONE?

I guess I just fixed it.  Do you bootcamp to windows?  Once I changed my startup disk from the windows to the mac partition, rebooted, then dd the system update, the firmware update installed and took hold. 

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