Problems with "history brush" in CS5.1

I have somehow have activated the history brush in Photoshop CS5.1 Now it appears in all of my files in the history box and I don't know how to de-activate it. Is there some trick? Did it get stuck there because I took a snapshot of something? I tried to re-set preferences and it is still there. I am thinking about uninstalling Photoshop but would really like someone to help me turn off the history brush.

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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:19:07 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Problems with site definition in CS5
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