Photoshop :: CS3 Crashes In Many Tasks

I have previously been using Adobe Creative Suite CS2 Premium Web Bundle where I work. I recently was able to get an upgrade to Adobe Design Suite Premium CS3. I am using version 10.0.1.0

The primary piece of software that I use is Photoshop. I had not had any problems running Photoshop CS2 on my computer in the past. When I upgraded to CS3, I constantly ran into problems with it crashing.

I soon discovered that it didn't upgrade to CS3, but instead installed side-by-side with CS2. I uninstalled CS2 and continued to have the same problems. I have tried a reinstallation of CS3 with no improvement. I have had so many problems that my network administrator replaced my computer with a new one. Installing the software there gave me the same problems.

The new computer has the same baseline image with Windows XP SP2 (32 bit). >Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU

> 6600 @ 2.40GHz

>2.39 Ghz, 2.99 GB of RAM

There are so many operations that trigger a crash. To simplify things, I have found that the following steps are easily repeatable and guarentee a crash.

*CTRL+N (New File)

*ENTER (Ok button)

*CTRL+A (Select All)

*CTRL+C (Copy)

*CTRL+N (New File)

*ENTER (Ok Button)

*Crash!

It keeps prompting me to send in error reports to Microsoft to check the status, but nothing ever comes back.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

<DATABASE>

<EXE NAME="Photoshop.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="ACE.dll" SIZE="846336" CHECKSUM="0x75C9C46B"

BIN_FILE_VERSION="2.11.36.1" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="2.11.0.1" PRODUCT_VERSION="2.11"

FILE_DESCRIPTION="Adobe Color Engine" COMPANY_NAME="Adobe Systems Incorporated"

PRODUCT_NAME="ACE" FILE_VERSION="2.11.36" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="ACE.dll"

INTERNAL_NAME="ACE" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© 1999-2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated"