CS4-Vista-Transparancy Settings Broke.

When I go to Edit>Preferences>Transparency & Gamut Im forced to use custom because the presets are very dark. Ive tried holding crtl+alt+shift at start and delete the setting but that did nothing. I also checked to make sure the drivers are up to date, I even uninstalled and reinstalled the program.
Anyone have any clue what could cause this?

I figured it out.
It Is Alien Skins software that has done it. I went to the other computer and installed Alien Skin Eye Candy Impact and then the problem arose.

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