MS mouse won't click, moves slowly, Lion OSX

Hi everyone. Thanks for reading. The big boss has an iMac running Lion. She didn't like the Mac mouse, so we got her a low-end Microsoft 2-button mouse, which she likes.
A couple of weeks after we got the mouse, it became VERY slow and wouldn't click any more (physically, it was fine). I installed the latest MS drivers for Mac mouse, but that didn't help.
I switched from her login (which has admin rights) to the Administrator login, and had no problem with the mouse.
I did not install any updates before this problem started, and the machine is up to date with Apple updates.
It's strange this started to happen without changing any hardware or software.
And yes, she has to have a 2-button mouse. I can't get her to fall in love with the Apple mouse, as I have.
Any help? THANK YOU.

Also, mouse preferences grayed out, even though she has admin rights.

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