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Hi foxes!

I have bought a Magic TrackpPad from Apple few days ago. And today, I'm using it under WinXP on my laptop.

It was quite tricky to set up, but now, I'm very pleased to use it. Definitely,using one figer as a left click, 2 fingers as a right click, vertical scrolling in application using 2 fingers is really nice. You should give it a try, even if 69 euros is expensive.

To set it up under windows, here are the main steps :

• 1. install the apple driver. You can extract them from BootCamp.exe. Or you can download it from here.
• 2. Turn ON the bluetooth hardware.
• 3. From Control Panel > System info menu, look for an USB bluetooth device
• 4. Write somewhere the name of your hardware device ID. For me, it was :
  
  • USB\VID_0DB0&PID_A97A&Rev_3164
  • USB\VID_0DB0&PID_A97A
• 5. Edit the following file : C:\WINDOWS\Inf\bth.inf


• 6. In a section such [Toshiba.NT.5.1] add the previous lines such as :
  
  • TOSHIBA MSI U100 Integrated Bluetooth 4= BthUsb, USB\VID_0DB0&PID_A97A&Rev_3164
  • TOSHIBA MSI U100 Integrated Bluetooth 5= BthUsb, USB\VID_0DB0&PID_A97A
• 7. Save the changes.


• 8. Remove any bluetooth stack different from the WinXP one (the reason). For example, I had to remove the "Blutooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba" on my laptop, from the Add/Remove Application menu.


• 9. Reboot your laptop OR turn off/turn ON the bluetooth hardware.


• 10. The bluetooth hardware will be automatically detected. Windows will look for driver installation. You should point to the following folder : C:\WINDOWS\Inf


• 11. driver will be successfully installed.


• 12. You will get a "Bluetooth Menu" in the "Control Panel"


• 13. You can pair the magic trackpad now, and you will get everything available under Windows with the Magic Trackpad.

Enjoy the new experience :)

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