Clean install of windows 7 on macbook pro

hello to you all ,
i have macbook pro with clean install of win 7
i have to say that this is a good operation system
my question is : can i manage to work with the multi touch pad ?
i mean can i get all of the mouse feature like zoom in and out
or scroll
can someone please tell me the answer ?
thanks in advance ....

To add on to Kappy's good advice, there was an update to the drivers on 11/19/09 (after Snow Leopard's launch) that says it offers trackpad improvements.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/bootcampdriversu pdate22forwindows.html
One thing of note, it only mentions Windows XP and Windows Vista. Technically, Apple has not officially announced support for Windows 7 via Boot Camp. Although as Kappy stated, they have stated that they will be releasing compatible drivers by the end of the year (which is in 8 days). From my experience and I'm sure others, Win7 works just fine via Boot Camp with a few minor little issues (nothing that's a deal breaker).
Here's a good sub-forum discussion group for Win7 and Boot Camp, in fact, probably a better forum to ask this question - http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

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