Multi-touch trackpad not working on new MBP

I know I've seen this listed elsewhere, but I have something to add to the conversation.
My MBP does not seem to recognize the Advanced trackpad functionality.
I go into the System Preferences and first, the Keyboard/Mouse option takes a long time to load, and then the advanced features show up without a checkbox next to them. I've gone into iPhoto and tried the pinch-zoom and it doesn't work.
Could this be due to the fact that I used Migration Assistant from an older model MBP? Wouldn't it have brought over my System Prefs as well?
Just trying to get this figured out.
topher

I presume you are still able to use the trackpad but without the advanced features. I've been searching for the possibly simpler options to try. One of these is to remove any preferences relating to the trackpad from the Libraries which store these. What should happen if you do this is that the system will recreate these files and enable standard usage of the relevant software/hardware if the software/hardware is in good order.
You can also check System Profiler to make sure that it is detecting your keyboard/Trackpad.
I've located several files that might affect your situation. Moving the preferences out doesn't worry me very much but I'm not sure what will happen if you move a +preference pane+ out. There is a pp that relates to keyboard/trackpad in /system/library/preferencepanes/.
Preferences that you can remove fairly safely are:
/users/(yourusername)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
I don't know what settings this will remove but it might free up system preferences to allow the advanced features to be set.
Beyond this the only suggestion I can make is that you do an 'archive and instal' of the system to get a brand new system running.
Neville

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