Windows Partition Installed - Questions ??

OK, can't believe how easy that was. I been dreading that for two days. Boot Camp is a lovely tool and the Apple software was smoooooooth.
OK, here's some questions:
1. How do I get right click on the touch pad? Two fingers aren't getting it or is there a touchpad icon somewhere? I tried the mouse under Control Panel and not luck.
2. How do I get tap click enabled? Again wasn't an option under my mouse options under Control Panel.
So far, that's it. I am sooooooooo pleased and looking forward to working the Apple side for my audio and video work and for now my other editing suite on the Windows side. I'm sooooooooo glad I took those two PC's back and got the Mac. Now I can retire my old dying Toshiba that I'm typing this one while Windows Update is busy updating :o)

drdimento,
Hey again! You were in the right place to change those preferences (for 2-finger clicking and tap-clicking). You must have been using Windows for too long, man :-D You want to change a preference for the trackpad, right? Well, look in the trackpad tab! (right next to the mouse tab)
Scott

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