Hand tool does not work

Hello
The hand tool in my Photoshop CS4 has never worked. I have tried trashing the preferences, and uninstalling re-stalling the program.
Can anyone tell me, if I upgrade to CS5, is that liokely to reslove the hand problem. - i.e would CS5 override the CS4 hand problem and put things right?
Thanks for any advice.

Hello
has anyone else had a problem with the hand tool not working.It is a real nightmare, and makes the program impossible to use.I have tried keyboard hack app, trashing preferences, re-install, quitting Firefox.The hand tool works when the scroll sliders are showing, - but of course that is too small a workspace.I think this probem has lasted several years from reading various posts about it.Does anyone have any more advice about how to mend this problem?
Thanks.
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