Constantly losing trackpad functionality on Bootcamp

Hello, I am dual-booting Windows 7 and OSX 10.6.3, on the Windows side, I CONSTANTLY lose my ability to right-click. It will be working fine one second and then the next second it stops working and the only way I can get it back is by closing the lid to put the computer to sleep and then reopen the lid and the functionality comes back.... The issue also disables my ability to scroll using the trackpad.
Sometimes it will work fine for a day and a half before having the issue, and sometimes it will only take 30 minutes. It is EXTREMELY annoying and I would love to fix the issue. Any ideas?

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