Unable to swipe/scroll using Magic Mouse in OSX 10.6.2

Hi guys,
I recently purchased (20.12.09) a MacBook Pro 17" Unibody which came preloaded with OSX 10.6.2. I tried to bluetooth sync my Magic Mouse with it tonight and, despite the fact it recognises the mouse and allows it to perform the usual left and right-finger clicks, it does not permit scrolling or swipe functions. Also, in the System Preferences menu, the mouse doesn't show up with Magic Mouse "options"...it only shows up with generic mouse functions. The computer basically thinks it is a standard two button mouse with a wheel on it, I think - the strange thing is, however, that the touchpad DOES work, as I can right-click...the scroll/swipe functions do not work though, as stated.
I have had a read over various threads and topics here and on the broader Internet about this problem, but all discussions seem to give the impression that 10.6.2 was designed to natively support all the function of the Magic Mouse. Other discussions have stated that when similar problems have been encountered, that the solution is to delete the USBOverdrive.kext file contained within System/Library/Extensions. I don't have that file, so that solution won't work for me.
The people who are having success with this problem seem to have upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard. Could it be that my mouse doesn't work because I don't have previous requisite data from 10.5.x?
Any assistance will be appreciated.
Cheers.

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The package can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/dl950

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