Finder doesn't auto-refresh?

Hello,
On my first use on a Mac, I know that the Finder will automatically update any changes e.g renaming, hide/show extension etc.
Recently, what I found was the Finder doesn't automatically update itself.
Usually I will hide all my documents' extensions. But when I want to show the extensions again, I either have to other folder on the same window then re-navigate to the folder where I put the document which I want to show its extension. This also goes the same when I want to rename and re-hiding the extensions
Sometimes, Finder also doesn't display the live preview (feature like in Vista & 7 which let you see the content of documents without opening it) of certain documents (iWork '09, Office 2008, MindManager 7)
Any idea what happened here?

Well after trashing plists and restarting and repairing permissions.. la la la..
I decided since I have the extended AppleCare what am I doing pondering when I can just call them??? I know what I was doing, I was hoping I could figure it out myself or another user would know.
I called Apple and zip (well about 20 mins) the rep and I found the problem (it had to do with preferences and login items a bizarre combo of several of them) and fixed it!! Yay!!
We also had to set up a test account to be sure it was my account preferences that were in disarray... worked like a charm. She hoped that was also the cause of my optical drive not reading DVDs but alas, my baby will have to go to repair. It was a great learning experience I will keep in mind for the future. Try out a test account and if I really need help CALL them
Thank you again Barry for answering my plea

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