CS5 - Layer Blending Options randomly stops working completely

Okay, been trying to figure this one out for a while and it's driving me nuts. It seems like it's just some kind of crazy bug because it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't work, and I'm not really doing anything differently either way.
Right clicking on a layer and going into blend options sometimes simply doesn't work. The options come up, but stroke, gradient, drop shadow, inner/outer glow, etc... do absolutely nothing. The preview box is checked and it shows the effects properly in the little preview picture -- but it doesn't show any effects on the actual image, and when I click OK it doesn't apply them.
Any idea what could be wrong? This was happening today, then I changed nothing, went outside for a cigarette, and came back and tried the same exact thing and it worked fine. Almost positive that I did nothing else between attempts. Makes no sense...

From the sound of your post, it's probably not user error (e.g., not having the proper layer selected, etc.) but some kind of system problem.
If you have intermittent display issues, you might want to check to see if you can update your display driver - which implements OpenGL for Photoshop to use.
Go to the web site of the maker of your video card, locate the latest driver package that matches your hardware and OS, and download/install it. Driver updates solve a surprising number of problems.
-Noel

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