Trackpad made useless

Hi, I have a 17' Macbook Pro. Recently upgraded system to Mavericks 10.9.5.The trackpad is basically useless now (slow, jittery and unresponsive - with a mind of it's own), but a wireless mouse works fine. What happened and how to fix it?

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
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