My mighty mouse has died(sort of) and I have a system prefs conundrum

The mighty mouse when pressed now registers every click as a request for dashboard ( as I set it up in sys prefs to be centre button for dashboard) now the mouse is no longer working correctly and will only register centre clicks ...
How can I set the system prefs to change the mouse to one click only , without using the mouse?
At least then I can continue to use the mouse till I can get the shop/delivery next week for a new mouse (not a mighty muse tho !!).
cheers
esti

If you have a keyboard with a numeric pad, press the Option key 5 times. If you then hear a series of 5 clicks, you've activated the feature in +System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse+ that lets you use the numeric keypad instead of the mouse. The "5" is click, the other numeric keys will move the mouse.
I think this feature is OFF by default, though, so if you didn't activate it while the mouse was working, you can't turn it on now.
Otherwise, you need to get or borrow an actual mouse.

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1. I've been working with a Mighty Mouse since it came out and everything was fine.
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3. New one worked for about three weeks and then just stopped connecting.
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5. I started going through the posts and trying the different remedies (e.g., pulling out all USB and Firewires before rebooting, et al.)... nothing.
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