Is there a way to disable files opening with one-click?

This is driving me crazy! I thought previously the problem was "magic mouse" but now that I've gone back to my old mouse, the problem persists. If I select a file in a finder window, it opens with one click. Also, if I try to edit a file name or even the question I've written above, I can't just insert the cursor and replace 1 letter. It picks the whole word, then the whole sentence. I never had this trouble before updating to the lastest and "greatest" snow leopard.

Are you using a wired mouse, if you are then go to sys prefs/mouse and change the double click speed.

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