Photoshop cs6 in completely unresponsive and glitchy in various ways

Examples of glitches include:
     Unresponsive menu, when in a menu such as the file menu I need to click on the edit menu instead of just hover over it to change menus. This seems simple but it definetely disrupts work flow and shows that there is an evident problem.
     I can't switch tools: If I say go into my select tool I can change which select tool I use. When using any other tool I can't use subtools either.
     The brush tool makes single dots on my canvas. When I hold down my mouse and move it only a single dot is made. The only change I can make is if i repeatedly click and wiggle my mouse which can make random straight lines.
     Zoom and pan doesn't work.
I have the trial edition of cs6 and I am using windows 7 ultimate 64 bit edition and running the application as an administrator with full updates

Standard answer no. 1: Updtae your graphics driver or turn off graphics acceleration in your prefs. Solves 95% of these problems.
Mylenium

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