[T440p] TrackPoint buttons not working

Hi,
I have a weird problem with my T440p's TrackPoint (running Windows 7 Pro, x86) using out-of-the-box settings. Basically, it seems that its buttons do not work at all - the designated upper regions of the TouchPad (which should supposedly function as TrackPoint dedicated buttons) produce no effect upon clicking. Also, if I disable the TouchPad in the Mouse control panel module (ThinkPad tab), I can no longer click anything and have to resort to keyboard navigation to restore mouse functionality.
What is interesting is that this is the second T440p unit I have tried to use the TrackPoint on and failed. The first one was also running Windows 7, but had a different screen (HD+, while the current one is Full HD) and CPU (2-core i5 vs. current 4-core i7).
How do I use the TrackPoint buttons, again? Cause it's obvious by now that it does not work the same way as on my trusty X220 machine...
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when ultranav driver is installed then i do not seem to have issues with the trackpoint movements, until I start clicking buttons. For example this is a standard event. I am in window , like in a multipage word document, and i want to scroll down using the slider on the left frame of the window. If I do it by keeping the button pressed and moving the trackpoint - all works fine; but if I want to do it by simply multiple clicks at the bottom part of that slider part of windoe frame (left frame) then after 3 clicks (always ) the track point and buttns freeze forever, or sometimg can be unfreezed by external mouse movements, or by quikcly moving my hand over the touchpad...
As if quick succession of button clicks created the problem
When no ultranav driver is installed (and touch pad disabled in BIOS) then occasionally the button do not work and in general harder clicks are needed, and occasionally succesion of clicks also freezes the track point and buttons...some time can be "woken up" by external mouse movements and sometimes not.
thanks for any help or pointing to a place on www where I can find solution..
by the way anybody heard of physically putting the old trakcpoint system (like e.g. in T60) to t440. ???

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