Blur tool help

Hello everytime I use the Blur tool it will only blur when I click on it and not when I hold down the mouse as I go around the image. This only happens in Photoshop CC 2014. But when I use Photoshop Elements 12 it works fine in the past update I hoped it was fixed, but it will still do this, sometimes it will work normally that is when I hold the mouse down the blur line will go along the image fine without me having to keep clicking the mouse button over and over. What is wrong is it a setting I can fix this with? I have defaulted the brushes and it will still do it. I sometimes end up just using Elements 12 which isn't as good as CC 2014 to me.

I defaulted the setting so it would basically look the same.
Meaning what exactly?

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Check out this other thread I started
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/using-text-tool-freezes-photoshop-cc -2014-2-0-20140926-r-236-x64-release?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign =new_reply&utm_content=reply_button&reply[id]=14914157#reply_14914157
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