In Photoshop, my pentool will not write on a layer, Nor can I change the color. The program doesn't recognize it. There are no updates available. Can somebody help, Please?

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Is it a smart object?

I can't even contact anyone for help because an option for this problem does not exist in the auto-system you go through to get the phone number!