Bootcamp Keyboard/Mouse Mapping Issues

Hi Apple Community,
I am using a Macbook Air running Bootcamp for Windows 7. I am running into a few keyboard/mouse issues that I am hoping to find a solution to with the main one in the title. Could some please help me to understand how I can perform the following actions in Windows on a MacbookAir when running Bootcamp:
1. "Ctrl-Shift-Z" does not work?
2. "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" does not work?
3. Is there a way to reverse the mouse direction so that it operates like the MAC OS?
4. Is there a way to turn down the sensitivity of the Mouse for the "Touch Click" feature?
Thank you for the help!

I run the same system (MBA with Win7), except that I wiped my mac partition out entirely.
2)Ctrl-Alt-Delete works fine on my machine. I can't imagine why that wouldn't be working. Have you checked the User Accounts control panel to see if it's disabled somehow? Does Ctrl-Shift-Esc still bring up the task manager?
3)Have you tried using the "Mouse" control panel regarding number 3, which lets you reverse the mouse buttons? Assuming that's what you meant by reversing directions.
4)Regarding number 4, I would say that if it's too sensitive, your best bet is to just turn it off in the "Boot Camp" control panel. I don't think there's a way to adjust the sensitivity.
I think I have been of very limited help. I hope some other people jump in on this one.

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