Can't save illustrator cs3

I can't save illustrator CS3 in my Toshiba Satellite laptop P4(M) 1.7 GHz with memory 1.5GB under Window XP Service Park 2 (Home Addition) and alot of HD free space. When I save CS3, can't save illustrator CS3 error massage dialog box appear. Follow are I can read from that error massage window.
AppName: illustrator.exe
AppVer: 13.0.128.0
ModName: agm.dll
ModVer: 4.17.26.1
Offset: 002d3fa0
C:\DOCUME~1\HTAYWI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\4228_appcompat.txt

Mmh, yeah, sounds familiar but for the life of it I cannot reme,ber the solution. I believe it's documented in the knowledgebase on the support pages and hinges on some VersionCue stuff being wrong. Other than that I could only imagine Acrobat Quick Launcher or Windows own preview generating functions having a hold of the file, when you save it as PDF compatible...
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