Can't click icons

I am having problems clicking on the icons on the Vista desktop to open
files. Instead of double clicking, it takes several clicks. I can close out
programs etc. just the double clicks to open from icons is the problem. Any
suggestions? I feel like I am doing morse code! It is a laptop with an
additional mouse. Neither the laptop nor mouse wants to open on clicks. It
somehow mysteriously got switched to a left hand mouse, but I did change that
back.

Additional info: I just had to reinstall Vista because on this Acer computer
because of a "lost password" problem. There was no password for the computer,
but it suddenly required one. The only solution was to re-install.

Thanks for any info on the icons.

Somebody, anybody???? Could someone help out????

"dks-n-tn" wrote:

> I am having problems clicking on the icons on the Vista desktop to open
> files. Instead of double clicking, it takes several clicks. I can close out
> programs etc. just the double clicks to open from icons is the problem. Any
> suggestions? I feel like I am doing morse code! It is a laptop with an
> additional mouse. Neither the laptop nor mouse wants to open on clicks. It
> somehow mysteriously got switched to a left hand mouse, but I did change that
> back.
>
> Additional info: I just had to reinstall Vista because on this Acer computer
> because of a "lost password" problem. There was no password for the computer,
> but it suddenly required one. The only solution was to re-install.
>
> Thanks for any info on the icons.