Installing Boot Camp drivers on my VMWare Fusion WinXP

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I just upgraded to Snow Leopard.
I also moved everything over to a new 500GB HD on my MacBook Pro using SuperDuper.

I use VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 and host a WinXP vm. It has been fine.
In the past (10.5.8 w/ Fusion 2.0.4) I loaded the Boot Camp drivers to this VM to support the Apple iSight & the Apple Bluetooth - and it worked great.

Since the upgrade to Snow Leopard, everything is stable and works great - only one minor problem:
I can't get my WinXP VM to load the Snow Leopard Boot Camp drivers.

When I try to "Connect the Apple built-in iSight to the virtual machine" I get a warning dialog in my VM that I need to install the Boot Camp drivers for this Apple device; otherwise I'll get unpredictable behavior.

I load the Snow Leopard DVD and select "Configure this virtual machine's CD/DVD" and connect the Snow Leopard DVD to the WinXP VM. It mounts on the VM CD\DVD drive as "WindowsSupport (D:)" as expected and executes the "autorun.ini" file, and pops up with the "Install Assistant": But the only options are "Remote Install Mac OS X" and "DVD or CD Sharing" - and both of these are for the MacBook Air - I don't have a MacBook Air - it is a MacBook Pro.

There is a "readme.rtf" file that clearly states to double click on the setup.exe file to install the Boot Camp support files - and it doesn't work - it brings up the "Install Assistant" for the Remote Install & DVD / CD Sharing for the MacBook Air.

There is a "Boot Camp" folder on the DVD, and it has a "Documentation" and a "Drivers" folder - but no setup, install or *.ini file to get started.

Before anyone asks, I bought this DVD at the Apple Store in Oakridge Mall, SJ.

What is the secret to getting Snow Leopard boot camp drivers loaded on this VM?
 

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