Trackpad clicks not registering in XP on Unibody MacBook

I bought a MacBook 2.4 GHz yesterday, and have installed XP SP3 on it with the latest Boot Camp drivers, including the Trackpad Update (without which the trackpad was completely useless).
In MacOS, the trackpad works well, with clicks being detected anywhere on the bottom half of the pad. But in XP, the only way to get a click to be detected reliably is to press the very centre of the trackpad. Clicking the bottom left corner (where your thumb naturally ends up) results in maybe 1 click in 5 being detected. This makes the trackpad pretty much useless under XP for dragging, as you are holding the centre of the pad and then run out of room to move your fingers.
I haven't seen any other reports of this problem, but I have to say it is a deal-breaker for me - if the primary interface device is any less than perfect, a PC is unusable.
Has anyone else seen a trackpad which is unresponsive to clicks in XP, but fine in MacOS? The fact that it works in MacOS suggests it's a driver issue rather than a problem with my hardware.

Just a little more information: I reset PRAM yesterday to see how long it would take for the "lost click" problem to recur. The reset cleared up the problem, but the issue recurred within a couple of hours of very intermittent use (that is, a few minutes of use, sleep, wake, a few minutes of use, repeat).

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