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Jan 21, 2011 5:36 PM in response to briangisguyby Esper108,Ok this situation appears resolved on my MBPro so here is my handy guide.
1) Visit Apples Product Support Page and Download this AppleBCUpdate Windows Executable
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL874
a) Download AppleBCUpdate.exe
2) Visit RarLabs and Download a Shiny New Binarry of WinRAR (Demo/ShareWare)
a) http://rarlabs.com/download.htm
b) Be sure to get the Latest WinRAR 64x Version
3) Visit your AppleBCUpdate.exe download location and Extract the Internal Driver Files (NOTE: This APP Will NOT Execute on a Windows 7 x64 Machine simply use WinRAR to UNARCHIVE)
a) Right-Click AppleBCUpdate.exe, Select Extract Files Here
b) Navigate to the New Foldier Created by WinRAR's Unarchive of AppleBCUpdate.exe (P.S. It should be named 'AppleBCUpdate')
c) Locate AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe
* Right-Click this program and also Extract Files Here (that is use WinRAR to unarchive)
d) Navigate to 'AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64'
* See the Lovely Driver Files??? :B
4) Perform a Manual Install of the AppleMTP64 (This is your working x64 Multi-Touch TrackPad Driver)
a) Visit StartMenu->Computer
b) (Right-Click) Select 'Properties'
c) Select 'Device Manager'
d) Select the 'Human Interface Devices" Tab
* Target -> "Apple Multitouch" driver
* Note: This Driver may say something similar like: "Apple Touchpad"
* Tip: Make Sure it is NOT: Apple Keyboard, Mouse, IR Receiver, Wireless Mouse, Bluetooth Controll Receiver, or any of those other 'HID-Compliant Devices'
* Once you have Determined Your Driver the -FUN- Begins
5) Select 'Update Driver'
a) Use the "Browse My Computer For Software" option (Manditory)
b) Select "Let Me Pick a List of Drivers for My Software" (Or whatever it says)
c) Select "Have Disk" Button and Point to the Location of "AppleMTP64"
* This driver means "Apple Multi Touch Pad 64" NOTE: Do not use AppleMTM64 as that is a Mouse Driver (..and using that driver is an erronius procedure )
d) Once the Driver is Loaded "Apple Multitouch" should be listed as a compatable Driver.
* This is the Updated Version of the Best Working Driver
6) Reboot and Enjoy
ATTN: I belive this problem is cause by two Factors
1) Apple did not build an Executable for Updating Windows 7 64bit with ApplePCUpdate 1.1
* You have to extract all the special files to get it to work
2) Window 7 'as-cool-as-it-might-be' does not always utalize the 'Best' Driver for your system, as so prevailantly obvious for their systems.
ALSO:
Visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1066 to Update your MultiTouch TrackPad for MacOSX (it may help)
Above all I have tested this workaround a little bit and it appears to be working pretty good. ("p) -
Feb 1, 2011 9:58 AM in response to Esper108by briangisguy,Thanks for the tip. Finally found a chance to try this this morning, and it did not change anything. I also found it ironic that the directions called for right-clicking on things when a lack of right-click ability was exactly one of the things I was trying to solve. Oh well, I'll keep looking for a solution, or hope that Apple pushes a BootCamp update out soon. Thanks anyway! -
Jul 18, 2015 9:39 AM in response to Esper108by cathode26,This solution worked for me, thanks a lot!
Sorry for reviving the dead thread but no one said this worked so I was compelled to post.
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Apr 18, 2016 5:25 PM in response to Esper108by philjmes,Thanks,
5 years on and this solution still worked.