Scrolling unable thanks to Migration Assistant...

I updated to a 13" MacBook and used Migration Assistant to bring data over from my PowerBook 12". I believe this is the reason why I cannot use 2 finger scrolling on the new MacBook trackpad. How can I enable scrolling features? Do I have to reinstall Leopard? The scrolling feature has NO check boxes available in Trackpad utility of System Resources. Suggestions anyone?

Bingo!! This sounds exactly what I was looking for. But the MacBook is in TiVo mode right now via Elgato software (fantastic V3.1) so I will have to wait for the late news to reboot and verify.
Anyone try doing this to their PowerBook to see if two finger scrolling is backward compatible?
Thanks for posting everyone. You guys rock!

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1963
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_USto migrate from OS 10.4.11 to Mountain Lion, but Migration Assistant gets stuck looking for my old computer. This occurs after I select "From a Time Machine backup or other disk".
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Hi
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: : I download Oracle Migration Assistant for Microsoft Access
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HT2518 Migration assistant can't find my external drive - I ran the disk utility on it and it checked out. What can I do - I am trying to transfer PC files to my new MacBook Pro. Thanks

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