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Windows 7 won't respond to mouse clicks until Task Manager is started.

Gateway SX 2802, Windows 7 Home Premium, Pentium Dual Core, 6 GB RAM, 64 Bit.

There are times when the system doesn't respond to mouse clicks on task bar, and most noticeably when gMail is being read on Chrome.
I can get a response from clicks if I ctrl-alt-del  and start Task Manager.  Something about that procedure seems to get the computer responding again.
No problems with keyboard.  If clicking on gmail in Chrome doesn't work, I can still Alt-Tab to other programs.

Can't figure out what's damaged.

All MS updates have been installed.
I ran AdwCleaner and RogueKiller, which found some things, including a Chrome extension that I removed.
MalwareBytes and Microsoft Security Essentials are installed.

Thanks.
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