Mouse clicks not recognized?

I have a 20" iMac w/ the most recent updates. In the past couple of days I have a problem with mouse clicks not being recognized. It seems to happen when I begin to fill in a text field either in Safari or the Finder (like trying to enter username/password, to authenticate in the finder, etc) The wierd thing is that this only happens on one of the two user accounts on this computer. I have also created a new user account and it is fine. I've looked for applications that are different, but can't find any. I have repaired permissions and repaired the disk through disk utility.
I am at the end of my rope! Please help!

I somehow managed to fix it, for now. I think I ended up resetting the PRAM. I gave up trying software solutions and unplugged everything, including the iMac's power cable, and cleaned up the mess of cables behind my desk because I needed some time to think. After starting up the computer, everything seems to be fine. If the problem comes back, I'll post here again. Thanks for the suggestion!

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