Macbook Pro 4,1 trackpad right-click

I have an early 2008 macbook pro (Macbook Pro 4,1).
In Lion, the only way to right-click is using ctrl+click. If I select "Secondary click" in System Preferences/Trackpad, it gets automatically un-selected when I exit System Preferences. This is very frustrating. Any idea how to fix it?

I just found a possible work around in an older thread here,
-> https://discussions.apple.com/message/15687391#15687391
quote:
To workaround this problem on older macbooks, open Terminal.app from /Applications/Utilities/ run following command (in one line):
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.trackpad.enableSecondaryClick -bool YES
then log out and log back in (to disable secondary click pass NO instead of YES as the last argument).
To workaround this problem on older macbooks, open Terminal.app from /Applications/Utilities/ run following command:
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.trackpad.enableSecondaryClick -bool YES
then log out and log back in (to disable secondary click pass NO instead of YES as the last argument).
I'll try it out and report back. But I can't check it right now. Maybe, somebody else can report back too.

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