After Effects Freezes On Startup (Windows Vista 64-Bit)

I have been trying to get After Effects to work but it doesn't open. I have never opened it before. All the Computer Requirements check out. The loading screen for After Effects opens and all it says is "Initializing MediaCore." I saw another thread that said that if you closed "Adobe QT32 Server.exe" before opening After Effects, it should work, but I don't see that in the Task Manager. I assume that is because I am on a PC, not a Mac, but I mentioned it anyway, just in case. Please help! I have a project that I need done in two weeks but I need After Effects to finalize the project!

My version of After Effects is CS 5.5, the newest version. My system specs are as follows:
Processor: Intel Core 2 CPU 4400 @ 2GHz
Memory (RAM): 4.00
Operating System: 64-Bit
This is the only useful info I found under Control Panel => System.
What else do you need to know? Any more info I would be happy to provide.
Also, even though I have never opened it (and therefore never changed/saved the preferences), would deleting the preferences still help?

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Traccia 5, inizio 15:16:02
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Traccia 8, inizio 29:34:65
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