One USB port isn't working...

Hey,
I just realised that one of my USB ports isn't working when I plugged in my mouse... Should I be very concerned about this?
I live in a really remote community (ie no stores anywhere closer than a 3 hour plane ride away) and can't bear the thought of living without a computer for several weeks if I send it to Apple to be repaired.
Could it be a sign that there's something else going on? Is is expensive to fix?
Thanks!!

Welcome to the Apple discussions.
When one USB port isn't working, often a Power Management Unit (PMU) reset will fix it. Follow these directions: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

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Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 7/16/2014 1:12:13 AM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}
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< Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
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<Level>2</Level>
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<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-16T05:12:13.613459900Z" />
<EventRecordID>39143</EventRecordID>
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<Execution ProcessID="880" ThreadID="932" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PersonsPC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001" />
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<Data Name="param1">application-specific</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Launch</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{ADA41B3C-C6FD-4A08-8CC1-D6EFDE67BE7D}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">PersonsPC</Data>
<Data Name="param7">PersonsName</Data>
<Data Name="param8">S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001</Data>
<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
<Data Name="param10">Unavailable</Data>
<Data Name="param11">Unavailable</Data>
</EventData>
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Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 7/16/2014 1:12:13 AM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}
and APPID
{ADA41B3C-C6FD-4A08-8CC1-D6EFDE67BE7D}
to the user personsPC\personsname SID (S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component
Services administrative tool.
Event Xml:
< Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-16T05:12:13.613459900Z" />
<EventRecordID>39143</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="880" ThreadID="932" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PersonsPC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">application-specific</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Launch</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{ADA41B3C-C6FD-4A08-8CC1-D6EFDE67BE7D}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">PersonsPC</Data>
<Data Name="param7">PersonsName</Data>
<Data Name="param8">S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001</Data>
<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
<Data Name="param10">Unavailable</Data>
<Data Name="param11">Unavailable</Data>
</EventData>
< /Event>
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726313(v=ws.10).aspx
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