PSE10 layers

I used to be able to click on Paint Brush Tool and change color of parts of my picture. I was playing around with Layers, now when I try to use Pain Brush Tool my entire picture is painted. In the Layers panel, I only show one layer open. It's titled Layer 0, Background. How do I revert back to the default settings, and get rid of any Layering? Help!
ok, i figured out i needed to change the Tolerance back to 20, so I solved the above problem. However, now when I use the Paint Brush Tool, part of my photo gets painted, when before it didn't. so there must be some other setting i changed that i don't remember changing. any suggestions? i'm a novice trying to learn PSE10.
figured it out. i'm not sure if anyone saw my posting since i didn't get any replys. hopefully next time someone out there can help.
Message was edited by: Lillynme

If you see a tolerance setting you don't have the regular brush tool. Right-click or click-hold the tool icon and make sure you've got the right one.

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Thanks. That did it. Now, if I could figure out about a thousand other things, I'd be all set!
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:44:24 -0600
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