Hidden tools slow when selected with tablet pen

I'm running Indesign CS3 on Windows Vista. The hidden tools in the toolbox are painfully slow to expand when I use my Wacom Graphire pen. They work fine with my mouse but take about 5 seconds to expand when I click with my tablet. The mouse is not sitting near the tablet and I haven't had this problem in Illustrator, only Indesign.

One other tidbit; the "busy" spinning circle always appears when I hold down the mouse over the tool before the tools finally do pop out. I've tried turning off Vista's Aero theme, disabling the visual effects in the Indesign properties, and selecting "none" for the pointer scheme in the control panel/mouse.
I've heard of others experiencing problems with aero and CS3 but I can't seem to get rid of that spinning circle in Indesign.

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