Slideshow settings made impossible by a big black rectangle covering the upper-left half of the screen/photo,

Slideshow settings made impossible by big black rectangle covering the upper-left half of the screen/photo, appearing when I move the cursor. Disappears when I start the slideshow. Restart does not help.

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- First: Linc Davis' question seems to be relevant: Indeed, when I disconnect my second display, the problem disappears. However, reconnecting the display makes the problem reappear again.
- I use iPhoto 9.5.1. and Mac OS 9.5.2. The machine is a MacPro first part of 2008 (not a MacBook Pro as I inadvertantly said in my original question). Processor 2X2,8 GHz Quad-core intel Xeon. Memory 6 GB, with new (2yrs old) 2 TB SATA-disk (WDC WD2002FYPS-02w380 Media) as hard disk.
- Here is a screenshot of what I am seeing - with only part of the settings display (in Norwegian) visible.
- I have looked for a solution in the iPhoto settings, turned the program off& on, and restarted the computer, all without success.
- The library is, as I understand it, located in users/[me]/pictures/iPhoto Library.
- No, as I remember I did not apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem. I have regularly updated the programs, as they come, without checking the results on each program.
- I run a managed library
- Apparently there is 1,29 TB free space (out of 2 TB) on my boot drive [=central hard drive, see above?].

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