Lost Tap Drag on Trackpad

I've got a new MBP, 2.4 w/Leopard on it. After owning it for a week or two, I lost the ability to Tap-Drag items of any sort, using the tap feature on the trackpad: I can't tap and move sliders in Photoshop or tap and drag a window on the desktop, or anything in between. Period. However, if I use the trackpad BUTTON, it works fine, and all other features of the trackpad work fine. The preferences are set properly and I've tried unsetting and resetting them, etc. and I've checked forums and Googled all over the place but no ideas anywhere.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Frank

I have the same issue. Usually are full restart will bring back the functionality for about a week at most before I have to restart again. Haven't found a full fix. Anyone else? Does Apple monitor these forums?

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