How do i troubleshoot the trackpad?

My Trackpad recently has started being overly sensitive while using it.   It has become impossible to use as the cursor just starts jumping all over the screen.  I changed the batteries, rebooted, etc and can get it to operate correctly.     Any ideas?

Can you get to the Welcome Screen?  It looks like this:
If you can get to this screen then try holding three keys simultaneously: CTRL+ALT+SHIFT  and also clicking on the Editor icon in the above picture and see if you get another small window such as:
You just need to click on Yes button to reset everything to defaults but this is not a panacea to all problems of PSE.  This is just a start.

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