Multitouch Issues on MacBook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro 13-inch (early 2011 model) with a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 running OS X Lion 10.7.4 and today the 3 and 4 finger gestures were not functioning. They worked earlier today as well as last night when I installed the latest Safari update. I have, in fact, never experienced this problem before and have owned this machine for almost a year.
I have tried un-checking the options in system preferences, closing and then re-checking them to no avail. I have not yet tried rebooting the computer but that is my next move. I have also seen this same problem for the previous model on the forums and one person suggested making a dummy account and then deleting it. Another, an Apple technician, suggested pressing command+S when turning on the computer and then typing a code. According to various people there both of these methods work until you turn on the computer next.
Has anyone else experienced this with this model? Is there any way to fix it? I would apreciate any advise you can give me.
Thank you.

I just signed up for the Photoshop / Lightroom monthly subscription... and downloaded the Adobe desktop app for both my desktop and laptop Mac machines. All went smoothly but I also am having issue that it is not recognizing that I have paid for usage. It asked if I wanted the trial, and as I had work needing to be completed I did accept that as a last resort so I could complete it. But, now that I have had time to go back and investigate... I have checked my account, re-downloaded everything and still is not working under subscription. What a waste of a month! Yeah, it is only $10 but hey... I expected more.
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