Win 7 with Snow Leopard on MacBook Pro (June 2009) = Success

This is what I did:
Knowing that the most recent updates of the MacBook Pro from June 2009 supported Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit would work I expected.
Inside of Snow Leopard I used the BootCamp installer to remove my Vista 32-bit Bootcamp partition. Created a new Bootcamp partition, popped in the Win 7 disc and started the install. As I cannot launch the Win 7 64-bit installer from Vista 32-bit I needed to create a new partition for Win 7.
I installed everything and did not put in my CD key into Win 7 and continued on. It rebooted about 4 times during the install. Once I got to the Win 7 desktop I proceeded to install Win 7 again. Why? Because I needed to get my Win 7 CD key in there so I could register it.
After the second install of Win 7 (over the top of previous Win 7 install) I entered my CD key and everything else installed and I was left at the Windows desktop.
I removed the Win 7 DVD and put in the Snow Leopard DVD and installed the BootCamp drivers. Rebooted Win 7 and everything was working (sound, multi-touch pad, network, Superdrive, etc).
So the Windows 7 with Bootcamp is very easy if you have a newer MacBook Pro. I don't know about the older MacBooks but wanted this to be out in the support forums for those who are not sure since other people are experiencing some challenges to install Windows 7.
I am now researching on how to get Bonjour working so I can access my Time Machine's hard disk and printer in 64-bit land.
G.
http://www.mac512.com

To get Bonjour working in Win 7 64-bit with Time Capsule (Dual-band version):
Printer - Download the Bonjour for Windows 1.0.6 64-bit update program from apple.com. Install the program and no more problems with not finding the printer.
Hard Drive: I needed to open the Local Security Policy program. Navigate to Local Policies, then Security Options, then Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level. Select the option "Send LM & NTLM - Use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated". Click Apply then OK. You can then enter in the device password with no errors to mount the hard drive.

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