Image Icon previews

For some reason, in the past week, Finder seems to have lost the ability to show me image previews via the Icon view option.
I have used this feature without a problem since the day I got my new MacBook Pro (17' model of the latest version). In the past when I've connected my camera (Nikon D40) I have been able to view all of the files though finder, and have had the option of seeing an image preview of every picture by switching to icon view. Now, however, I can only see a preview when in Columns mode with a single image selected. Even Coverflow won't show me anything besides the stock JPEG icon.
The problem persists even after the files are exported onto my computer, and even old images, which I know have shown me previews before in Icon and Coverflow modes, simply show up with JPEG logo now.
This is an enormous pain. I work at a newspaper and I deal with tons of pictures on a daily basis. Being able to see those icon previews was a huge selling point for my machine.

Two things to try:
1. Delete the Finder's preference file. It is here:
"/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist"
After you delete it, open a window with graphic files, and re-do the Show Icon Preview and click the Use as Default button.
2. Try things in your test account. Don't have one? You should, it is very useful for testing things like this and takes almost no space. Go to System Prefs->Accounts, create a new account and give it Admin privileges. Log in to the test account and see if everything works as normal. If so then there is a problem with your regular account. If they still aren't right, then there is a system level problem and, depending on what it is, the easiest solution might be to restore from your Time Machine backup or do an archive and install of the system.
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