Shortcut and other changes from CS3 to CS4

Hi, first of all I think CS4 has some great features and improvements, and the reason Im posting is because I want to use it. Theres a few things im trying to do though that i used to in CS3, and havnt found how. Already went though a few CS4 online training videos and none.
So if you know please HELP, if you know if CS4 doesnt allow it anymore. Please let me know. many thanks!
1. In curves, I use to toggle from one point in the curve to another with control + tab, how can I do this with CS4?
2. In CS3 i turned off to have a white default mask with every adjustement layer. With CS4 i followed the same step to do this in the panel opstions, but they still keep appearing. They wont go!!
3. In CS3 I used a lot to drag the cursor over the image and know where in the curve I will be affecting. In CS4 I cant seem to be able to do that but by turning on that new feature to drag the adjustement curve from the image (which is nice) but if its the only way to do this (not sure of this) how can I leave that new feature on by default? and not have to turn it on with every curve i create.
I will leave it here in the meanwhile.
Many thanks and your responses will be greatly appreciate it!
cheers

Hi, Jeff and Mark,
Many thanks for your responses, but so far my question remains unanswered. And that was the purpose of this post, not anything else.
I do use masks a lot. But most of the time, thats 90% of it, I use them in group sets, not the adjustment layer itself. I prefer it this way, and this is the way I worked on CS3.
I recently printed 110 prints for Magnum that is being exhibit in Germany, and Im currently working on the retouching for a Phaidon photo book. So its not like I started Photoshop last week. Although almost every day I learn something new. And Id like to have my adjustment layer masks on the group sets like in CS3. Nothing out of this world.
Is it possible with CS4 like CS3 or not? If it is, how? If not, darn, but I'll survive.
Those are my questions if anyone please.
cheers

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