Cant rename my folders nor files

Hi!
Just got macbook pro 10.6 and I have a weird problem. I cant rename folders or files which I have created. When I click on them, then they wont become active so that I could rename them. I haven't set any security settings that wont allow me to rename them. I also cant create new folder to Applications, the button isnt active/isnt there but it is active when I want to create new folder in Documents. I have set up admin account and standard account which only I use and problem is in both accounts.
Can anyone help me?
What might be the problem?

I got everything working eventually...I restored the factory settings, erased everything and installed it again. Followed this: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3910
This way I got to make new folders in Applications which didn't work before.
And behind folder and file renaming issue was that I just holded the mouse click down way too long. I got the hang of it now. In my older mac I was used to holding it down longer and it seemed to work well, I also checked settings in system preferences and they were same in double click. So I tried on my older mac to hold the click down for a much shorter time and vola, it worked. ...dont want to think about the time I had to hold click down on my older mac...all those things that I could have done with this time instead....:D
...just putting it out here so if anyone might have same problem...it's just a matter of practice.
Anyway I am happy I got it resolved and hope everyone else are too!
Happy new year to everyone!
But thank you everybody who tried to help!!!

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