I posted this over at DAZ but no one answered, maybe someone here knows:

Hi, I have a problem with Carrara 7 I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if so what did they do to fix it.

Whats happening is I'll open carrara to a empty scene (any scene really).
and anything that is selectable whether it's from the file/edit etc.. pull down menus, the browser, properties panel or whatever I get a grab hand icon instead of the regular pointer.

The hand icon will not allow me to select anything, if I'm trying to use something from a pull down menu such as exit,save or even create a sphere those windows will just close.

Now if I have Carrara open and the hand icon appears I can leave Carrera sit for 15 minutes and I'll get the pointer back for a couple clicks then it will disappear again.

I am thinking this might be a hardware problem possibly a setting that can be changed?

I have no problems running any other programs such as Studio, Maya, Poser etc..

Im using Vista home x64 though I doubt that would be an issue, with an i7 core processor. all my other x32 programs run just fine even Maya 8 which is not even designed for Vista

Any ideas?

Thanks

on another note does anyone know where to find some good tutorials for Carrara 7?  most of the tuts I find are for 6 and below and it seems they don't work in 7. either that or the way to access the the properties are different. some items I can not get a property box to make my adjustments.

Thanks