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Just sharing a tip with y’all about using Apple Magic Trackpad with Windows. 

Getting one of these setup for basic functionality is quite easy (step 1 is to Bluetooth pair the device, step 2 – download and install the Apple driver http://www.trackpadcontrol.com/images/stories/download/Trackpad-Driver-Instal...).

The more annoying bit is that one it is setup, the “dragging” behaviour is quite annoying.  Unless you are very specific to remove your finger from the trackpad for a short period, often when you tap to select the trackpad will assume you are dragging, this has quite odd consequences (from text selection through to odd gesture behaviour in Firefox/Chrome).

I thought this was a simple fix by the normal Microsoft control panel, ensure that dragging is disabled.  Sadly this made no change to the situation.

The fix I’ve found is this $7 app called Magic Trackpad Control Panel, basically allows you to turn off tap dragging as per the picture below.  28 day free eval here - http://www.trackpadcontrol.com/images/stories/download/Trackpad-Control-Setup...

PS – A little tip, instead of purchasing one of the expensive keyboard and mouse adaptors, just use some 3M Command micro hooks with some elastic bands.  This keeps the trackpad flush with your keyboard!

A friend suggested I have a quick look at PRTG for network and device monitoring and alerting.  I'm impressed so far, what was rather good was the freeware (read no nagware) setup that allows you to get a feeling for the fully featured solution, all up and running in 5 minutes without any invasive seventy part questionaire - http://www.paessler.com/prtg