No thumbnail photo preview in Filter CS4

Howdy:
Started using CS4 Extended but have a problem with the Filter function. When I used CS2 and went to Filter/Sharpen/Unsharp Mask I got a thumbnail image of the photo that would preview the changes the feature would make before clicking OK. Now, when I go to the same feature in CS4 there is no representative image in the thumbnail, just a checkerboard pattern. As I make changes the checkerboard pattern never differs.
Can you help?

You probably have the wrong layer active.
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