A strange problem about mighty mouse's trackball

My mighty mouse's trackball works very well on OSX, but it failed to work on Windows, it worked very well on Windows XP and 2008 previously, what is the problem? Thanks!

Solved the problem myself. It's weird that the bluetooth caused the problem, I installed the bootcamp correctly, and my mouse work properly except trackball, and I found that the bluetooth driver is not properly installed. But how come my mouse could still work? Hate Windows...
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302417 How to clean your Mighty Mouse
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