Mouse interaction problem in Leopard

Hi Folks,
All of a sudden, my mouse has some interaction problem in Leopard. Tried different mice, they all behave the same, so I guess this is an issue with Leopard.
Very weird symptoms:
1- In Sarafi, when I place pointer on a hyperlink, it doesn't change from arrow to hand, but click action still works.
2- In menu bar, the selection doesn't get highlighted when I move the pointer over the menu.
3- For Dock (in auto-hide mode), the Dock doesn't pop up automatically if I move the pointer to the bottom of the screen. I have to click somewhere in the bottom to bring up the Dock, but the icons don't get magnified when I place pointer over them.
Any idea what the problem is and how to fix that?
Thanks for the help, guys.
Raimondo
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my iMac just got this problem yesterday, no luck since then.
tried all stuff i could think of
repair permissions, restart, new user(SAME!), install 10.5.4 combo again, PRAM zap
mac retailer here in Taiwan doesnt know either!
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