Windows 7 doesn't work optimal

Hi,
i've installed W7 with bootcamp and all the drivers + bootcamp 3.1 and bootcamp 3.2, but my graphics doesn't work optimaal. ormaal kleurt de taakbalk mee met de achtergrond, maar mijne is grijs - blauw en ik kan het niet veranderen bij mijn persoonlijke instelligen.
Wat moet ik doen?

Shorter battery life; hotter; trouble getting graphic device to be recognized; trouble getting latest ATI or Nvidia driver; almost no fan control for some systems.
Until you can download Boot Camp 3.2 alone directly (say from Boot CAmp Assistant, can't have just anyone unless they can verify they have 10.6.7) so you can avoid two year old buggy drivers.
Buggy? Yes. AppleHFS and MNT. Not like you can easily opt out of installing, or when installed, turn off the driver service like most.
Windows on Mac is not 100% seamless.
Of course I think people have a distorted idea that Mac OS is hand-crafted to fit and work perfect and that they need to have some hand-holding.
Boot CAmp Assistant gives me/us a lot of trouble having to explain how, or why someone can't, and why they may need to erase and restore to get contiguous free space.
Microsoft and Apple both under-estimate the minimum recommended partition space.
BCA should warn if partitioning will leave less than 20% free space.
Most VM installers will have recommendations for various guest OSs, so if someone wants 64-bit Windows it would have 40GB or more.
Support for linux native partitions? why Windows only?
There is a HUGE incentive: switchers; people that now need a Mac to interface with another Apple device.
My peeve: iTunes loses its playback screen image during videos (movie or music) if UAC blanks the screen. Come on, years of this. And I rate iTunes 64-bit on Windows the least well integrated and designed of anything I run or install (and I don't install or use any other Apple app if I can help it).

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