Mouse clicking issues

For the last 2 weeks or so I all of a sudden have mouse clicking issues on a 2009 iMac. The mouse (I have tried 3 different ones from apple and Logitech) seem to be able to open files etc. on a click. I have to click repeatedly to get it done. When I run the disc utility it mostly goes away. Now, I run the disc repair every morning to make it go away. Annoying. I have seen other people having similar issues - it sounds like a OS issue????

This same scenario has happened to me sporadically over the past few months and seems to be increasing. I have the Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks. Got it 3 years ago for use with my G4 PowerBook (1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, OS 10.4.8). First I thought it was the batteries, but then realized that if I'd just wait a few minutes the problem would usually go away. Nothing new electrical on my desk that would cause it. Gets really annoying. The mouse becomes sluggish and the clicks are non responsive (a right click will open a sub-menu window, but then no other clicks work. Trying to move the mouse around on the screen gives spotty results - stops and starts - as if I'm moving it on a reflective surface. After multiple clicks the window goes away. I can disconnect the USB transmitter and have complete control with the mousepad.
Sometimes the problem won't occur all day long. Other times it comes and goes multiple times during an hour. A restart will usually get it out of that overly annoying loop.
I bought a new Logitech Mouse a few days ago, thinking mine was wearing out, but the same thing happened within minutes.
I can only think there's some conflict with an OSX update. VERY frustrating. I don't want to go back to a wired mouse.
So I, too, am eager for a solution.
Thanks,
-Scott
PowerBook G4, 15 in., 1.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB RAM; 2 LaCie 250 GB FW drives; 1 LaCie 500 GB FW drive

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Okay, not sure where to post this but this seems to make the most sense.
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*** is up with this mouse - not a design tool / double click issue ****!!

who has a new mouse?
who hates them?
A. Me
jesus what are they doing, a design based community (mainly) and they bring a mouse out that is about as responsive as a shopping trolley!! after effects / cinema 4d (GOD)even photoshop is suffering!
APPLE SORT HTIS OUT AND GET THE SCROLLY THING BACK IN
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1 unhappy bunny
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ps. come on admin let me know why life is getting difficult for us designers? PLS??
There's nobody here but we users.
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