Hello, Sidarthurr.
Please address one problem at a time in a discussion: you first asked about freezing problems, then about the fact that the history panel is not shown by default, talked about sudden zoom issues, then challenged others to show their work before they are deemed worthy of answering you, and said that you are always facing the same issue online of getting answers.
I'm afraid that it will be the case in the future, if you keep asking different questions in the same discussion without letting the time to answer them one by one, and if you keep challenging the answers that are provided by others, or their skills.
I feel that you will have answers faster if you keep the discussions focused. It would have been better to create a thread for each problem.
As per your problems:
1) Computer freezing
You could indeed try to wipe your system clean, if you've been installing/uninstalling many programs. Then, once everything is tested and works ok, you might use your system of choice to clone/image it. Unfortunately, I have no experience with Norton Ghost.
There is maybe a plug-in or a graphic card setting/driver that interferes with CS5, and did not with CS2. CS5 uses the graphic card a lot, might poke in different areas of memory than CS2 did, and find an issue where it was not visible before. There is always the possibilty of a bug, but anyways, some troubleshooting is needed: when does it freeze, what are you doing, what other software is running (is Ghost runnning?) but it almost warrants a discussion of its own, without the other issues interfering.
There is no single good way to take care or use a computer. Some users install/uninstall test a lot of software, move a lot of files, change a lot of settings in the registry, and they must do a clean reinstall more often than those that do not. I've been runnning several machines for years before hitting "windows rotting" and facing the need of a reinstall. Sometimes, the windows updates/upgrates, driver updates just don't work, and you must reinstall. If you do not change your system often, use virtual machines to test software, you do not need to reinstall that often. Different persons, different workflows, there is no single good way to do things.
2) History Panel not showing by default.
Adobe has many users, and each of them has a different workflow... They made user studies, and realized that more users use some panels than others. So they decided, by default, to hide the history panel but keep other panels that maybe had new functionality (like the clone source panel you seem to love). Up to Photoshop 3, there were no layers, so using Channel Operations was the only solution. History came after, as an alternative to multiple undos.
It is indeed very powerful, but has limitations: one cannot save histories between sessions, but when using layers, one can keep elements separated to rework them (look at this work done with hundreds of thousands of layers (in different files, given the 8000 layers limitation)): http://www.bertmonroy.com/timessquare/timessquare.html
But each person's workflow is different. You are perfectly entitled to use the clone stamp and history on a background layer.
I think that one of the New Yorker magazine illustrators still uses Photoshop 4.0 (not CS4) and almost never uses layers. If your workflow consists of a single process of cloning in elements, that you do not want to move, adjust, change, replace, resize with the time, by all means continue doing it!
We do not want to make you change your habits, but the fact is that many, many users find that Layers can be useful (playing with blending modes, moving elements freely, using Smart Objects, etc.) Almost every tutorial online uses Layers at one point. Google them, experiment, learn, play, see if you can fit it in your workflow. Photographic work can be re-adjusted later when separating adjustment layers, it can be refined without altering the rest of the image.
3) The sudden zoom issue:
It is maybe a new function that came between cs2 and cs5, that is called scrubby zoom it allows you to click and drag to the left or right to zoom in/zoom out. You can disable it by unchecking scrubby zoom in the zoom tool's option bar. Search for it online to understand how it works, and if it fits in your own workflow.
4) About showing other's work:
Even masters learn from the mistakes or discoveries from their students. One's perception of skill or art might be unimpressive or not suit another person's tastes.
Also, maybe some of us here can't show the work that we do, because of contract ties.
5) Configurator:
You will have help faster if you ask questions in the dedicated forum: http://forums.adobe.com/community/labs/configurator?view=discussions
Have a great day!
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