Hello cobalt,

can you tell me the exact problem you are encounting with your laptop because i went several times through your message and couldnt understand what you are trying to tell me?

anyway here is solution you can try withe problem of double clicking
in the tools menu in my computer just click on the folder option and click on the sigle click option

try this and also dont forget to explain me the real problem you are having

see you

Hello Bachnotes, Thanks for the input. When I start my laptop I am unable to open anything by double clicking it. I get a dialog box ( as though I right clicked it). I can then click on open and the item will open. The mouse works but the touckpad keys do not work. I can open task manager using ctrl-alt-del, I then have to click twice to close it and thongs work for a while. For example if I open control panel and try to click on folder options I get a dialog box that says open, run as..., and create shortcut. Any help will be most appreciated.