Mouse nor trackpad will register clicks

A couple weeks ago, right-clicking ceased on my MacBook. I thought nothing of it, and I just control-clicked to get the menu up. Yesterday, clicking altogether stopped registering on my computer. When I start up, the apple menu drops open like its clicked, but I can't actually click anything. Here is a list of what I have done to try and solve this - in no particular order:
Restart
Look for stray mice (I have the only mouse, and it responds like the trackpad - movement, but no clicks)
Reset pram/nvram
Reset smc/pmu
Unplug it
Remove the battery
I read countless articles all over the web and tried all the basics...several times. Nothing works.
Please help?
Black 2.4ghz MacBook running 10.6.8

This was happening in just about all apps that I need to click multiple times doing a repetitive task.
Mail, Finder, Mac Solitare, were the worst.
I have since deleted the plist files and restarted and this time it seems to have stoped it this time.
I had done that before with no help so I'm crossing my fingers.
were else can I look if this does not last.

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This is embarrassing, when I try to drag, it stop halfway or doesn't register at all!
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在系统偏好设置里，倒是可以分别设置鼠标和触控板，但是当我打开触控板的“自然滚动”，同时取消鼠标的“滚动或导航时，使内容按手指方向移动”，之后，鼠标恢复原来的滚动方式，郁闷的使触控板的滚动方式也跟着变化了⋯⋯
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Well, there is two setting items in system preference for "mouse" and "trackpad", and there do have the checkbox for "Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating" and for "Scroll direction: natural". I checked the "Natural Scroll"---- if I may call it this way ---- option and unchecked the same option in mouse setting wishing to use my mouse and trackpad in different ways...
However, it turned out to be a confusing phenomenon like I can only use my mouse and trackpad in the way "Natural Scroll" or the way it used to be. If I double click the checkbox of "Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating" to refresh my settings, both my mouse and trackpad will turn into the way it used to be in scrolling while if I double click on the "Natural Scroll" checkbox, both of them will turn into the new way.
At the same time, eventhrough the setting of my mouse has been changed by the changing of trackpad setting, the checkbox in "mouse" is still unchecked and that's where makes it seems like a BUG....
So, is there anybody who meets the same problem? The reason I want to use this two device in different ways is I just don't like to use mouse in the new way, it's unconfortable for me.
And, I use a new MacBook Air 11' and a wireless mouse called Rapoo 6900
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I can see the appeal of your desired setup, but is the limitation the inability to "Pair" the mouse/keyboard to more than one computer at a time? (Practically, that makes sense, you don't want to be blindly moving both cursors around at the same time, since you can only see one screen at a time)
You CAN operate bluetooth devices on Windows without pairing-you just need to locate the device each time before using:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/09/18/winxpunwired.html
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
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