Photoshop CS4 Problem - Black Screen

Whenever I try to use the selection or cropping tool on an image, the image/screen turns into black, so it's impossible to use the tools. Removed CS2, reinstalled CS4, still the same problem. Please help.

CS2 has nothing to do with CS4.
go into prefs and make sure OpenGL is turned off.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Problem

I have a Dell Pc, Windows Vista Ultimate, 4 Gb of Ram.
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Hi Mylenium
The document is based on default preset, i have a 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO and a Screen Resolution 1280x1024.
Check those links, about the document.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/folsomcs/3038732605/#preview
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Windows 7 switches to Basic when Photoshop CS4 in Full Screen Mode

On my system, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with NVidia GTX 280 with the latest drivers, latest Windows Updates etc Windows switches to ugly Basic Mode whenever I switch to fullscreen mode in Photoshop CS4. When I switch back from fullscreen mode - Windows enables Aero back.
This wouldn't be a problem but this switching blacks out both my displays and is extremely annoying, not to mention unnesessary - I can run Crysis in windowed mode and Aero is on. Why switch to Basic for Photoshop? Are there any workarounds? Please don't suggest switching to Basic mode when PS in started.
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Ya, I know a different card but:
I am running a ATI 5870 on Windows 7 64 bit with PS CS4 Extended and there are no issues like that at all.
Try running this free driver sweeper after removing the Nvidia drivers and then reinstall the Nvidia drivers again. Sometimes chunks of left over drivers remain casuing all sorts of issues.
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Photoshop CS4 problem

Hello.
I am trying to download images using Photoshop CS4. My system is a Mac with OS 10.8.6. This is a new system. The camera is a Leica D-Lux4.
When trying to download images I get a grey box with EXEC at the top in Bridge. I am not getting any thumbnail images. I have uploaded images from my Leica M9 and had not had this problem.
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What do you mean by "download images"? Aren't you just copying them over from the card reader to your Mac?
Or are you using some third party software to transfer your images that may be damaging your files?
What you describe, "a grey box with EXEC at the top", is typical of files that lack the appropriate three-letter extension at the end of their file name. I'm not sure what that 3-letter extension is in the case of the files from your Leica camera. Try adding the correct extension to the file name and see if that makes a difference or not. You may have to rebuild the Bridge cache after you rename the files.
Your camera model has been supported ever since ACR version 5.2.
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You can check your version of ACR in About Plug-in… in the Photoshop menu (Mac).
With CS4, you should be running ACR 5.7, so go look for and download that plug-in and install it manually following the installation instructions to the letter.
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Hi, I'm not sure if these are related to the same fundamental issue, but they are both serious problems that need resolution.
I have a new mid-2012 MBPretina. I am on all the latest updates (10.8.2).
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New MacBookPro (alluminium) + Boot Camp + Photoshop CS4 problems

There seems to be problems with the video drivers and Photoshop CS4. Upon starting it says that Photoshop has encountered a problem with the video drivers and GPU enhancements will be disabled. If I enable it (Open GL drawing) anyway I get a messed up drawing sheet.
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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4! BLACK SCREEN KEEPS SHOWING ON START UP?

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W510 Gaming Problem - Black screen

First, I did some search before I post, and I found someone had a similar problem, but did not found any solution for it.
I have the similar problem as mentioned on:http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/W510-crashes-during-heavy-CPU-GPU-usage-possibl.... Black screen, keyboard no longer function, and I can hear the cooling fans slowing down, HARD DRIVE STILL FUNCTIONING, as I can see the HDD light is flashing.
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PS CS4 PROBLEM grey screen no matter what I do PLS HELP!

So I installed PS CS4 and all updates. When I create a new file or open an existing one the window (in the PS window) which is supposed to show the photo just stays grey. At the same time that little picture in the layers tab showing a small version of the picture Ive opened is clearly visible and changes if I draw on the big one. That problem occurs both in 32 and 64 bit versions of PS. Im using windows vista x64 ultimate with latest updates and Nvidia 8800GT 512 mb with latest drivers.
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HP Pavilion DV3 41700-EE Problem-Black Screen after installing graphic card driver

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My questions:
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