.eps preview assistance in illustrator

I had to update my domain password the other day and in doing so lost all my microsoft applications. I have had to re-install them all and they are now working.
Illustrator also had issues and now wont preview eps files. I have re-installed Creative Suite CS5 and its still not working.
In all the .ai files I open the box shows where I have placed the graphic .eps file (saved previously in Photoshop) but this image does not preview.
If i save the .ai file as an eps and run it thru Acrobat distiller it distills the images in place and they show.
What is missing or turned off, please please help I have wasted a day on this so far?
I run a Mac with  10.7.5 and have 10GB of ram and terabites of space.

No, that's not the Ai Prefs file. Put it back where you found it, and go to the directory I suggested before.
You can see each "level" in the directory path, separated by "/" ... (each directory is INSIDE the one listed before it) ... if you follow that path, at the end you will see the file called, "Adobe Illustrator Prefs." THAT's the one you want to drag to the desktop and then restart Ai.
Alternatively, you can search for "Adboe Illustrator Prefs," but be careful not to remove the wrong one, if there are more than one. (At the bottom of the search window, you can see the directory path to the file. Make sure and choose the correct one.  Good luck.
I hope this helps.
DS

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