Layer-Blending Options is frozen in CS3?

When I navigate to Layer>Blending Options, all the options (for blending) are frozen.For example,Say I want to change 'Drop Shadow', I hover over it,click it,but it does not take me to drop shadow options, or if I want to change the master opacity by sliding the bar,I can't do so. Blending options is the only tool in Photoshop that is freezing,all other tools/brushes/actions/presets are working properly. Using:
OS-Windows XP SP2.
Adobe Photoshop- CS3

From the sound of your post, it's probably not user error (e.g., not having the proper layer selected, etc.) but some kind of system problem.
If you have intermittent display issues, you might want to check to see if you can update your display driver - which implements OpenGL for Photoshop to use.
Go to the web site of the maker of your video card, locate the latest driver package that matches your hardware and OS, and download/install it.  Driver updates solve a surprising number of problems.
-Noel

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