Trouble reinstalling Boot Camp 2.1 on Windows XP SP3

I started having problems getting BootCamp Manager to start, so this morning I decided to uninstall and attempted to reinstall without much luck.
First, I inserted my Leopard disk which has BootCamp Manager 2.0 on it, and I always get an error 2753 stating that the "installation has encountered an unexpected error".
So I pulled out my old BootCamp Manager v1.4 disk, and I get the same exact error.
Then, I went to the Apple website to download the latest version (2.1) but it throws an error at me stating that it's an upgrade and can't be installed without a prior version of BootCamp installed (which is frustrating because, as far as I understand, 2.1 is the only version that can be installed on top of SP3).
I've uninstalled AVG antivirus thinking that was the culprit but no dice.
What should my next move be? I REALLY don't want to have to reinstall Windows today. Is there a full 2.1 installation package out there that doesn't require a previous installation of BootCamp to run?
Thanks for your input!

Which model year do you have?
Leopard DVD version?
Boot Camp 2.1 is over a year old. It isn't required. And with Mac Pro, there is a lot you can do w/o Apple drivers. The ones you would be missing are:
OS Switcher - Boot Camp control panel startup disk
Apple Time Services - sync time between OS X and Windows
Once you have XP installed, backup though that can be slow.
Use NTFS instead of FAT32.
Ditch XP and while Windows 7 RC is still available for download, grab the 64-bit version.
Some people are fine installing Boot Camp 2.0.x and it is only when they attempt to install or after installing 2.1 that trouble ensues.
Definitely uninstall all the Apple programs in Programs control panel; disable any services and startup items still showing from Apple - type msconfig to get there. I don't need or want MobileMe and other things that get thrown in along the way, so I always uninstall and disable those.
BC 2.1 was suppose to do something for upgrading from SP2 to SP3, but I've yet to see or hear any evidence that it did anything.
Something is wrong though and you may need to start over. In the meantime, try uninstalling, try running chkdsk, and then run system file checker from cmd.exe
sfc /scannow
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