CS5 selection tool issues

I am running Photoshop CS5 on Leopard, and I have been having problems with the magic wand tool, and the quick selection tool. The issues with both occur only when the “Sample All Layers” is off in the top menu bar. They both work just fine when sample all layers is on. The issues are outlined below.
Magic Wand Tool
The issue that the magic wand is that anti-aliasing doesn’t work at all, while sample all layers is off. I have tried it in RBG, CMYK, with smart objects, and rasterized objects; in all cases it does not anti-alias. It has done this since I first installed it.
In the example below, is the result of a mask created with a selection made by the magic wand tool.
Quick Selection Tool
The issue with the quick selection tool is that it doesn’t select what I tell it to while sample all layers is off. I have tried this in RGB, and with rasterized objects, and smart objects; in all cases this does not work. It has also done this since I first installed it.
In the example below, I tried to select the black object and it just made a big square selection.
I re-installed photoshop, and that didn’t change anything, so that rules out any install problems.
Am I the only one having this problem? I am starting to wonder, since a bug this big would probably show up in forums across the internet.
All Help would be appreciated

I tried it in CS4, and it does both of it there too, ugh. Thats weird, I'm surprised. Especially because both tools work properly when sample all layers is on, even with geometric shapes.
Something Adobe overlooked maybe? I dunno, thanks charles.

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1000x this. My designs are 100% vector shapes, so if Adobe have changed this core behavior intentionally, they’ve just made my life a lot more difficult.
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Active Layers - I can no longer freely select any visible shape. Instead I’m forced to make a time-consuming roundabout to the layer palette, where I have to squint to find my shape layer, and activate it manually before continuing. (Hitting “V” to select a layer, then “A” to get back to the D.S. Tool is nearly as cumbersome. Plus, I leave off the Move Tool's auto-select mode.)
All Layers - Treats all my shapes as if they’re on one layer. Overlapping shapes are therefore impossible to work with -- mainly drag-selecting and deselecting points -- in situ.
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