Seriously need help here.

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Seriously need help here.

I am completely at a lost.

A new MBP 13" Bootcamp with XP. Installed per instructions and no issues during install. Here is what happens.

Press and release Command Key toggles start menu. One press, start menu appears, second press, start menu vanishes. Consistent.

- No way at all to get a right click.

- None of the track-pad gestures work, all I can do is click. No tapping works.

- Help - I am at a standstill.

Thanks - Lawrence

Mac SE, PowerBook 140, 2 MacMinis, MacBook Pro 17", 24" iMac and a panic of PCs, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 17, 2010 12:13 PM

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Answer 1

Toocool4

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Dec 17, 2010 12:41 PM in response to LawrenceHare

Have you installed boot camp drivers and updated to latest version?

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LawrenceHare Author

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Dec 17, 2010 12:45 PM in response to Toocool4

Yes - and I did it twice with different behavior each time! But now I have a right-click at least, but not using the contrl-click, I forget which key it is one holds down for a right click, but NONE of them work to give one. The two-fingered click works now though. The Command ket still toggle the Start menu, way odd, never seen that before.

How do you update the drivers to the latest version?

Thanks - Lawrence

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Toocool4

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Dec 17, 2010 1:09 PM in response to LawrenceHare

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Have you setup how you want the clicks to work in the boot camp preferences?

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LawrenceHare Author

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Dec 17, 2010 1:47 PM in response to Toocool4

DANG! That's where it is!

Thank you very much. It is now working as I had hoped. I did not look there. On my other Macs which have Bootcamp, especially the iMac at home which is ALWAYS being fired up as a PC as the kids play games on the thing, I do not recall there being such a window - probably because the iMac has no trackpad. I was looking for trackpad preferences either as a control panel in its own right or as a tab under the Mouse control panel.

Thank you, I am much obliged...

Lawrence

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