Path disappearing when holding down mouse

Hello everyone!
I have come across a quite irksome issue with Illustrator. It may be a matter of preferences, but I somehow doubt it.
When I use the pen tool to create a new path, the path seems to disappear whenever I hold down the left mouse button to adjust the curve of the anchor point of just add a new one.
Attached below is the picture of the problem, I sincerely hope someone will be able to help me since the issue has been draining the life out of me!
Left: What the entire path looks like when i'm dragging out another point
Right: what it looks like after I release left mouse button - I'd very much like for the entire path to appear during the entire creation process
Thanks,
Lunar Sky

Yep, CS3 is the earliest version I have on this box and it works the same there.

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