Wacom Mouse and CS4 Incompatibilities

Hi all,
I'm a CS3 user, but just downloaded CS4 for trial. Unfortunately based on my experience so far it's unuseable. The problem is that Clone, Healing, Brush tools do not respond to my Wacom Mouse (I can move brushes around, but can not apply any corrections). If I use the Wacom pen, it works fine. I've seen a few posting on the Internet from others with the same problem, but can't see any solutions identified.
I have Vista Ultimate 64, Intuos Tablet/Pen/Mouse, 8GB Memory and latest tablet drivers. Help/advise would be appreciated.

John Joslin > Thanks for the suggestion, but I was already aware that I could Google and as I stated in the OP I did so without success!!!
Anthony.Ralph > I think it has a lot do do with what you suggest. If I turn off pen-pressure control for shape dynamics the problem seems to go away - however that obviously defeats the object of pressure-sensitive pens so is not an ideal solution. I experiented a little further and found that if I set a non-zero value for minimum size, when the brush 'stops working' with the mouse, it does not stop altogether, but instead outputs the minimum size brush.
So based on what I've seen so far, the problem appears to be when using the mouse, brushes work fine for a brief period of time after which the mouse behaves like a pen with very light pressure. If NO pressure-sensitive option is selected in the brush palette then the mouse works fine. If a pressure-sensitive option is selected for brush size, the mouse will output minimum size.
I've also removed and reinstalled the latest Wacom divers and that didn't help.

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