Crop tool, image is hidden by grey box!

I am having a problem with crop tool, image is hidden by grey box. Using LR4 on Win7.
I have cropped successfully many times before, but a couple days ago, I suddenly had this strange problem.
I assume I must have accidentally changed some setting by an accidental keystroke or something else?
I have tried opening and closing Lightroom several times. I have the same problem on all images I try to crop.
I cannot figure out why. Please advise! thanks!!!

If you leave the resolution box blank, whether the crop tool resamples or not then depends on the size units you choose in the width and height boxes. If pixel units are entered, the original resolution is preserved and resampling must occur to effect that. If inches are used, resampling does NOT occur.

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In answer to your remark I will go through the whole process again at a later date and re-post. It does not make any difference to the resultant Crop size whether you input cm or pixels. Here's a point for you though since you mentioned it. Check out the Ruler - does it look like the Crop is anywhere near 500cm x 100cm? Maybe you were so busy trying to find fault that you failed to see the forest for the trees?
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9. OH DEAR IT DOESN'T WORK! Again it fails to give me a simple 500x100 pixel at 96dpi Crop Box!
After this reply post you may just get some idea of the frustration I am experiencing. As you can plainly see the Crop Box drawn goes to the very edges of the Image to be Cropped. Can you see the problem now? Maybe I should just go with my friend's suggestions and take a video of the process and post it on YouTube? Then go to my local Consumer Affairs Department! If you can find what I am supposedly doing wrong - please elucidate as I have followed both the prescribed steps in the somewhat Shoddy Online Help and also the suggested remedies posted on the Forum. All to no avail. It just Won't Work!

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Yeah I've been reading all over internet and all over the design blog I use to read and taking off the crop tool was kinda mistake. I use it a lot on the office for pinting and for quick shooting of differente art works. I do like the art boards option but is certainly does not do the things crop tool used to make.
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When in Google images. I ca only see the first three lines. The next three rows are grey boxes. After that the rest of the images do not display at all....Help!

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"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
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