single click renaming / stuck mouse problems

hi guys,

i am really at my wit's end figuring how to solve my dilemma.. i have an asus eee pc with windows xp installed.. anyway, a couple of months ago, i installed windows 7 professional.. it was working well, until about a month ago, i had problems with a mouse or the touchpad.. what would happen would be that when i open windows explorer, and single click on a folder, it would automatically rename it.. ditto with the drives, on desktop icons.. it is really frustrating.. then my mouse click would get stuck on when i scroll down pages while surfing..

really, i have tried everything, anti virus, windows explorer folder options, registry cleaners, anti malware programmes.. i guess i am short of re installing windows xp and windows 7..

really i need help and advice.. would appreciate someone out there who would help a windows 7 user about to drown in single click/ mouse stuck problems.. thanks!

thank you so much for the quick reply! this happens all the time =(

thanks captain for the suggestions.. i tried everything but still doesn't work =(

jonathan, mine is netbook though so i don't have an external drive, is there a way i can repair install? thanks guys!

Hi Chuck

I have the exact same problem with my LG R580 laptop, whenever I click on anything in windows it will rename it with just a single click. I have both Vista and windows 7 on this laptop and it happens on both of them, I also scanned in both OS, and no virus, so I can only assume this is a hardware issue with my keyboard cuz I also tested this with 3 different mouse and my touch pad.

Have you a solution to this problem yet?

hi thanks for the reply, I tried using a USB keyboard and it worked fine, so I narrowed it down to the keyboard............. this is such a pain in the ass