Trackpad, vista 64 and secondary click

Is anyone else having a problem with secondary clicks in 64-bit vista? When I try to secondary click in the taskbar and some other applications (for example, magic the gathering online), it appears that a middle-click is actually sent to the OS rather than a right-click.
Anyone else experiencing a problem with this? I filed a bug on bugreport.apple.com, but thought I would also check here to see if anyone has a workaround.

Hi,
I have the same problem with Win7 64-bits on my mid 2009 MacBook Pro. To right click, I sometimes have to use 3 fingers. Hadn't noticed the difference between applications though, but after having checked it a bit, it seems you're definitely right about that.
Installed the BootCamp 3.1 update, and the problem is still there. Not a big issue though.
Helge

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