Touchpad problems playing Anno 1404 in Windows 7

Hello,
I have a problem with my MacBook Pro Late 2013. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate without any problems using the Boot Camp Software and Instructions from Apple. I didn't expect this to work so seamless, but it did! BTW I installed the Boot Camp driver on the Windows 7 and the Touchpad works nice.
I want to use this partition mainly for playing some older games like Anno 1404.
But starting this game it has weird problems with the cursor position. For example if I want to click at a button in the menu I have to aim say 200 pixel right of the button to hover over it. It also happens if I use a USB connected external mouse.
So the question is did anybody experience same problems may be in other games or applications? Is there any way to configure anything in that area? May be the boot camp drivers break it, but it may also be the game that is too old.
Thanks in advance
Benjamin

I'm guessing it's just the old game and Windows 7. If you had XP it probably would be fine. (Which your MBP does not support)
Hey just had a thought, I know W7 pro has XP emulated in it so I would assume W7Utimate does the same, have you right clicked on the game icon and selected "Run under XP"? (can't remember exactly how it goes)
Apple only really supports the install of Windows so there's not a whole lot of information on the general workings of Windows.
Don't forget, this is a 99.9% native Windows install so if you think it's a Windows problem you might try the WIndows forums on the Microsoft support site and see what they have to say. If the game company is still around see if they have any updates for it.
Have you tried this link? I haven't been around for a while so the last time I looked at it this was way less then 300,000 views!!! You might want to just read a few of the first pages then skip to the last few pages and see if you think this would work for you.

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