10.6.4 renders InDesign CS3 unusable

After upgrading from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4, InDesign CS3 crashes intermittently, but frequently upon opening and saving files or (ironically) quitting the program. Now restoring from Time Machine.
I didn't have time to go through much troubleshooting -- reset preferences in InDesign, but didn't try reinstalling InDesign.
Anyone else have this issue?

sorry i can't be of much help, but since the 10.6.4 update i can no longer open EPS or Illustrator files in Fireworks CS3--it just crashes. so i think the CS3 "fixes" actually broke other things in the 10.6.4 update.

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