Quality problems with low and high resolution

Hi there all you Photoshop lovers =)
Problem 1
Recently i have experienced a problem in my drawing in Photoshop CS4. When i try to use my brushes, gradiants and feather in the marquee tools I get this result: http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------wtf.jpg
I have tried to find the problem by checking the document settings.
Resolution: 72 pixels/inch (since im working with web graphics)
RGB 8bit.
I have even tried to put the resolution up to 250 and the bit up to 16/32 and I still get the same result.
I use a PC with Windows 7, 64x. Useing 32 bits colors in windows.
Is this a known issue? Can someone help me?
Problem 2
A colleague have a new PC computer with Windows XP 64x. The issue we have on that cumputer is that he only has a Adobe design premium cs3 version. What I have read on the box is that the cs3 version only supports x32 bits systems. I have also read that Adobe dous not support Windows XP 64x.
So do my colleague need to buy a Adobe kit cs4 to be able to use his 10 gig ram in the Adobe programs?
Will CS4 support Windows XP 64x ?
Thanks for the support!
// Robin

You can reset your preferences as described in the FAQ.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults.
(A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.)
Another idea would be to try turning off OpenGL drawing in PS preferences.

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[Attachment DebugExtraResults.seq, see below]
Attachments:
DebugExtraResults.seq ‏20 KB

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System.out.print (" finished");
else if (e.getActionCommand().equals ("INVOKE LATER"))
frame.setCursor (busy);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater (thread);
else if (e.getActionCommand().equals ("DELAY"))
try { Thread.sleep (3000); } catch (Exception ex) { }
frame.setCursor (busy);
try { Thread.sleep (3000); } catch (Exception ex) { }
frame.setCursor (done);
System.out.print (" finished");
System.out.println();
Runnable thread = new Runnable()
public void run()
try { Thread.sleep (3000); } catch (Exception ex) { }
frame.setCursor (done);
System.out.println (" finished");
public static void main (String[] args)
BusyFrameTest f1 = new BusyFrameTest ("F1");
f1.addListeners (f1);
BusyFrameTest f2 = new BusyFrameTest ("F2");
BusyFrameTest f3 = new BusyFrameTest ("F3");
f2.addListeners (f3); // 2 listens to 3
f3.addListeners (f2); // 3 listens to 2

I've had the same problems with cursors and repaints in a swing application, and I was thinking of if I could use invokeLater, but I never got that far with it.
I still believe you would need a thread for the time consuming task, and that invokeLater is something you only need to use in a thread different from the event thread.

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