WIndows Vista RC1 (No Drivers)

Well, hey there.
I've just installed Windows Vista RC1 (March 2009). It's pretty recent.
I went ahead and installed my Boot Camp drivers, but lo and behold nothing installed. I figured it was a botched installation, formatted that partition, and started again.
So, I have tried once again and I am having all kinds of problems. For some reason I can't change the brightness of my monitor or keyboard (both are max all the time) and much of my hardware is not recognized. (By 'much' I mean 'all'. I manually installed a wireless driver.)
Vista installs smoothly, I go about installing the BootCamp drivers and the installation window itself says it's installing each component, but the device manager isn't changing at all. Everything remains "Generic" & "Unrecognized".
I just want Vista to play some games so I can blow off some steam & to do some 3ds Max stuff for college.
Why is this simple process of installation so difficult?
This Apple business is becoming very stressful very quickly.
What I want is some regular old drivers for my stuff to work, there's nothing unique about the hardware so why is it so awkward and frustrating & difficult to get drivers? At best, can someone maybe tell me what kinds of hardware would be in the late 2008 MacBook Pro & how do I get my brightness adjustments to work?
And also, why don't Apple just have individual drivers for download: Nearly every other manufacturer & vendor does (Dell, HP, Sony, Lenovo, Acer, etc.. They use third party hardware and drivers too).

I don't have a MacBook series, and in the folder "Apple" are drivers for various devices.
Try to install directly. If not try using Device Manager to update.
And try running system file checker just for good measure
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and follow that up with hardware check of your boot partition (schedule chkdsk).
Whether you can install Nvidia drivers manually or not, that would help.
And DO create system restore points and backups.

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Message was edited by: FranciscoJr

UPDATED POST: On March 08, 2007
This is a step by step guide for those of you with problems to get Windows Vista functional on your G20 Qosmios
Use a Windows Vista English Version RTM Ultimate 6000 DVD for installation.
1 Backup your personal files and important data to a removable device, CD, DVD, flashmedia, pendrive, etc...
2.Check your Qosmio player installation. if nedeed, reinstall it with the latest version (multilanguage), posted on Toshibas site (download drivers section).
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-9. When asked "What type of installation do you want", press "Custom (advanced)".
-10. When asked "Where do you want to install Windows", make sure your media containing the Toshiba RAID drivers is connected to the computer, then click on "Load Driver".
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http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/drivers/flasmedia.rar
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http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/drivers/soundmax5.12.1.5410.rar
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http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/qosmiosoundmaxinstall.jpg
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If your G20 model is using the Sigmatel HD audio chipset, so you must install other driver than the Soundmax integrated digital audio
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http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/qosmiopicenh.jpg
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As the Toshiba Media (Top) buttons are not working by now, you can use the HotKey (Fn+4) which is working 100% , to toggle from Normal screen input(4:3 aspect)
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7. SRS Audio Sandbox utility (enhancement) for you soundmax audio experience
The sandbox will allow you to process any audio in your system with one of three SRS technologies:
WOW HD: Provides enhanced width, bass and definition for music sources.
TruSurround XT: Virtualizes multichannel content for listening on two speakers,
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CX Xtract: Provides enhanced multichannel virtualization by combining TruSurround XT
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http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/drivers/srs.rar
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About the Toshiba Value added package for the G30, you can install it on the G20, but only some of the items, otherwise you will have conflicts with Windows mobility center.
Do not install the Toshiba energy control. Designed only for the G30 model.
It Maintains the Windows mobility center funcionality and the Toshiba Buttons (FN + F1, F2, F3, etc...)will be OK.
9.Toshiba extended Tiles for Windows mobility Center.
http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/drivers/tileswmc.rar
10.Microsoft photo info.
http://www.rabayjr.com/vista/drivers/photoinfo.rar
OBS: All the downloads are directly from my FTP server. 100% secure. No Virus. No spywares
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