Problems to copy paste and drag

Hi,
I have some troubles to copy paste in the finder, mail, iphoto using the keybord or mouse. I can copy but not paste.
And I can't drag files from one place to another in the Finder, same for e-mails in Mail and photos in IPhoto. I don't think it's the mouse because it is working when I drag tabs to reorder them in Safari.
Anyone knows how to solve this problem? It is very frustrating, especially when you try to tidy your desktop and you can't move files, or when you try to capy paste a website adress from one e-mail to another or to safari.
Thanks for your help!

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There's a solution identified there.
Reboot holding down the Shift Key (you'll hear a little series of tones)
Utilities->Disk Utility
Repair Permissions on your system HD
Reboot.
You NEED to do the Shift-Key reboot - just doing repair permissions didn't work for me.

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
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Paulus_2 wrote:
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