Brush problem

Since upgrading from CS4 to CS5 on a windows machine running xp my round brush and clone indicator works fine unless I enlarge it then it looses 3/4 of its roundness and just shows 1/4 of the circle. This happens if Im in the clone tool or brush tool. Did not happen in CS4.
Thanks
Gary N Helfrich

Look for an updated video driver first.
If that doesn't provide relief, try the various levels of OpenGL (basic, normal, advanced) before disabling it entirely.
-Noel

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As before copy the script and then paste into notepad and save as:
SetPixelAspectRatioSquare.jsx
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 9.0\Presets\Scripts
and in the scripts folder right click and choose paste, then start or restart pse9 and
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<javascriptresource>
<name>Set Pixel Aspect Ratio Square...</name>
<about>set pixel aspect ratio</about>
<category>scripts</category>
<menu>automate</menu>
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ErrStrs = {}; ErrStrs.USER_CANCELLED=localize("$$$/ScriptingSupport/Error/UserCancelled=User cancelled the operation"); try {var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" ); var desc131 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); var ref73 = new ActionReference(); var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ); var idpixelScaleFactor = stringIDToTypeID( "pixelScaleFactor" ); ref73.putProperty( idPrpr, idpixelScaleFactor ); var idDcmn = charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" ); var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ); var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ); ref73.putEnumerated( idDcmn, idOrdn, idTrgt ); desc131.putReference( idnull, ref73 ); var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " ); var desc132 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idVl = charIDToTypeID( "Vl " ); desc132.putDouble( idVl, 1.000000 ); var idNm = charIDToTypeID( "Nm " ); desc132.putString( idNm, "Square Pixels" ); var idpixelScaleFactor = stringIDToTypeID( "pixelScaleFactor" ); desc131.putObject( idT, idpixelScaleFactor, desc132 ); executeAction( idsetd, desc131, DialogModes.ALL );} catch(e){if (e.toString().indexOf(ErrStrs.USER_CANCELLED)!=-1) {;} else{alert(localize("$$$/ScriptingSupport/Error/CommandNotAvailable=The command is currently not available"));}}
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