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    I don't know how to right click!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Bwen, Jun 14, 2008.

  1. Bwen

    Bwen Notebook Evangelist

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    Long story short, I've got Windows XP Home on my Macbook installed via boot camp because of work. It's only partitioned to 5GB because I only have a single pharmaceutical program installed on to it and now I have a problem. I don't know how to right click? I've tried all possible combinations on my keyboard and have had no luck. Am I that computer illiterate?

    Another problem is I've been trying to sync my Logitech v470 bluetooth mouse to it, the Windows partition is barebone with nothing installed so I used the Windows Bluetooth wizard to try to get it to work and no luck. The mouse works fine when I'm on Mac OS X though, once again any ideas?

    Cheers
     
    Bwen, Jun 14, 2008
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    There's several ways to right click, you can hold down Ctrl and Click, or you can place two fingers on the trackpad and then click, if you enabled that :).
     
    Sam, Jun 14, 2008
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  3. Bwen

    Bwen Notebook Evangelist

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    Doesn't seem to work for me? even though it works on Leopard. Also with the two finger trackpad click would I have to enable that in Leopard before booting into Windows?
     
    Bwen, Jun 14, 2008
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  4. diggy

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    If all else fails, connect an external mouse if you cant get right click working in boot camp. And yes, you have to enable to two finger clicking in Leopard first
     
    diggy, Jun 14, 2008
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  6. Bwen

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    That's what I'm trying to do, connect my bluetooth mouse but can't get it to connect though

    Would I have to delete the whole partition, install this update then reinstall?
     
    Bwen, Jun 14, 2008
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  7. nit04

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    Boot Camp updates don't require any other work than just running the installer.
     
    nit04, Jun 14, 2008
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  8. Budding

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    Assuming you currently have 2.0 drivers, just download that installer and double click on it in Windows. If you have 1.x drivers, you will have to install 2.0 from your Leopard DVD.
     
    Budding, Jun 15, 2008
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  9. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you can't just tap the trackpad with 2 fingers to click.

    you have to hold two fingers on the trackpad, and click the physical click button. the same applies to ctrl click.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 15, 2008
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  10. saturnotaku

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    You can install the 2.1 update right over the 2.0 drivers you installed from your Leopard DVD. That's what I did before updating XP to service pack 3, and it's been working great.
     
    saturnotaku, Jun 15, 2008
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