Macbook Pro mouse touchpad in Vista?

I just bought a Macbook Pro and because of certain applications that I need for work I have Vista Ultimate x64 running on Bootcamp. Everything works great except for the built in mouse touchpad. I can move the cursor fine but I can't tap on the touchpad itself to click. I have to use the click button which annoys the **** out of me. Is there a way to fix this so I can click using the touchpad itself or is this just one of those compatibility issues that I'll have to live with?

Hi
Same problem... the touchpad functionality in Vista is really annoying, without tapping or right-clicking.
any chance someone has a solution for those two ??
rotemx

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