Photoshop CS4/Vista Blending Options "Mouse" Frozen

Odd issue that I may have caused while working fast and not paying attention. MAY have clicked "do you want to remove all your prefs?" that came up when using CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+S (save for web & devices). Since then, my mouse won't work in the blending options box. Example: I can choose gradient but cannot click the default gradient to get the list of my gradients. Also cannot switch from gradient to (e.g.) bevel in the same dialog box with my mouse, have to go back to the layer, blending options, choose the one I want, and use only SOME of the options. Mouse just won't work in the blending options box.
I renamed my prefs to "old" and let Photoshop rebuild them. Same issue.
Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks in advance.

I am having the same problem using CS2. I cannot click on any of the checkboxes
in blending options.
I dont think cs2 uses opengl.
any suggestions are welcome.

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