Mouse pad issue, cannot click

Hello everyone,
My girlfriend has an issue with her Macbook.
It's an issue with the mouse pad, she can move the cursor but cannot click. Sometimes, the mouse is acting like it has the button held down. In Safari, it acts like she clicked on sliding bar, moving the page up and down. Or she would try to double click on an icon and suddenly the icon follow the mouse like she was dragging it. She restarted the computer a lot of time but the problem eventually comes back after a few minutes. I tried a USB mouse but it's the same issue, the left click doesn't work, only the right click showing the menu.
The keyboard seems to be behaving erratically too sometimes.
Would appreciate if you could help me out here!

The Macbook is prior to late 2007.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYO0I-DY84
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If you are still under warranty and/or have AppleCare, call them. Let them deal w/it.

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I will do my best to assist you with your inquiries. To figure out how old the notebook really is, and whether or not it is used, you will need to call HP phone support and provide the product's serial number. You can utilize this website to learn how to contact HP appropriately, based on your region: Contact HP Worldwide
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I can close the laptop down via the power key, and can use some short cut keys, but the track pad operation is iffy, can you suggest how I rectify this.
I have now solved this, for future reference, I have a magic track pad as well and that was connected via bluetooth and sitting else where in the house. It blocked the laptops trackpad operations. When disconnected, my laptop track pad works fine.
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