PSE8 - Cursor has a mind of it's own! Please help!

For months now, I have had a continuous problem with my cursor not responding as directed. It's almost as if it's "posessesed"! I will be trying to clone/heal something or use a brush on a mask, and when I click my mouse, the effect will land somewhere else on the photo. Or it will leave a big streak across the photo even though I'm only trying to clone/heal one little spot. In addition, if I'm trying to crop something, my crop box will jump clear across the screen when I click on it. Very frustrating!! It does not do this all the time, but it is getting more frequent and to a greater severity.
Here are the measures we have taken so far to try and remedy the problem:
Restarted more times than I care to mention!
Shut off all programs and online use, other than PSE8 so nothing else is interferring with it.
Rescheduled back-up to the wee hours of the morning so no interference from that.
Did complete virus, Malware, etc. scans, and came up clean.
Replaced wireless mouse and keyboard with brand new corded ones so no issue with wireless communication.
Moved files to external hard drive to free up more useable space.
Last night my husband cleaned up the disk and will try a defrag tonight.
I am seriously at a loss as to what to do, but I am so frustrated I was in tears last night! I have some edits that need to be done this week and it is taking me 5 times longer than it should because of this demon in my Elements!! Please, please help if you know of any ideas to resolve this! Thank you so much!!

Well the demon is back!! I'm trying to clone right now, and after I Alt-click then click on the place where I want to clone, the effect lands anywhere on the photo but where I want it to land. After about 5 tries it will finally work in the spot I'm trying to clone. And my crop box is bouncing all over the place - I'll start to line it up and when I click in the corner or on an edge to readjust, the crop box shoots off to the side. Crazy. And unfortunately, resetting the tools did not work.
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