Magic Trackpad on fresh reboot

I just recently purchased the magic trackpad and have found a significant annoyance. After a reboot or power on (sleep seems to be unaffected) until I use the regular mouse to login I cannot use the trackpad to click anything at all. The trackpad moves the pointer just fine, but I have to use the mouse to click any object: ie: my login icon, so I can enter my password to login.
Once my (or any) desktop is loaded, I can use the trackpad just fine.
I called AppleCare, and they said this is functioning as designed. I can't believe that I have to keep my mouse handy and charged, so I can login?!?!?!

joltergeist,
All of the trackpad functions, except the basic mouse movement and physical click, are user options so it doesn't know those until the user is logged on. The "tap to click" doesn't work until then, you have to physically press on the lower left to click.
Cheers

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