Problems with magic mouse and wireless keyboard at the same time

I have a Macbook pro 15" mid 2009, with lion 10.7.3, i bought a magic mouse and small wireless keyboard Apple, but when i'm working with both devices at the same time, the magic mouse begin to do something wrong, the left click work as left click, and i have to turn off the keyboard, wait for a while and then the mouse work good, the keyboard work good alone and mouse too, but at the same time no.
What do you think about rarely issue?
Thanks.

Hello:
Try trashing a preference file (com.apple.bluetooth.plist) and restarting.
Barry

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