Photoshop document is black color

Hello,
I installedadobe photoshop CS4, installation went fine, I started the photoshop, I pressed CTRL + N, i'm getting new document with black color even if my background color is white. I select some other foreground color and painten on the back document, nothing to see, when I hold down the mouse and moving the tab I can see what i just paint, when I release the mouse its balck again. What I am going wrong? how can I solve this? pls. can someone help. Its also same if I open a photo, its black, when moving I can see the photo
thx

Photoshop doesn't have a color profile:   your documents have profiles, and your display has a profile.  Your display profile is the one that would affect all images.
If images display all black, the most likely problem is your display driver.  Turning off OpenGL drawing may help (to at least identify the cause and let you get some work done).  Updating the driver

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