Reading a Tiff file in Photoshop CS5

OK, this might be a stupid question, but, here it goes.
How do you read a tiff file in Photoshop CS5 without it applying the alpha channel automatically ?
Everytime I read a tiff file that has a alpha channel Photoshop will apply the alpha automatically when it opens it. So when that happens I loose everything else on the image.
In CS2 Photoshop that never happened. It was up to me to apply the alpha from the alpha channel tab.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks for the reply.
When I render a tiff format image, I have a choice to either render with a alpha or not. I pick with alpha.
In CS2 Photoshop when I would open that tiff file, my image would come up and I would be able to see the whole image I rendered. The alpha would be in the channel tab where I would make active and apply to my image if I wanted to.
Now in CS5 when I open that same tiff file my image opens up with the alpha applied already. What I mean by applied is my background is gone or transparent. I have no other layer to turn on. Just my image with no background. Also in the channel tab I have no alpha I would have to create one from the original image.
I hope this explains my issue better, if not let me know I'll have to do some screen shot for you.

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