Vista - Possessed pointer

My pointer has suddenly become possessed. When I click in a Word document,
instead of placing the cursor there, it highlights the nearest word. When I
click again, it won't unhighlight the word. And when I move the pointer, it
drags the word around the document. Same thing happens in Outlook with
e-mail, i.e., any message I click on it grabs and tries to drag. Also happens
on the Web. And things I normally click on once to activate, I must now click
on twice. Draglock is turned off. Pointer was working fine a few days ago. I
have Windows XP.

Make sure scrolllock is also turned off. Then post your question to a
newsgroup with "Windows" in the description. This is a .Net Programming
newsgroup.

RobinS.

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