After Effects problems with Premiere

This is driving me INSANE. Im using Adobe CS4. In after effects everything works perfect. I then go into Premiere and import an After Effects file, put it on the timeline and everything is fine. I then add a key for adjusting the alpha and the preview image goes black. I erase the key (alpha at 100% of course) and it appears in the preview window again. This isnt specific to this project either. It happens with any after effects file imported into premiere (I've tried about 10 totally different project files). I ALSO have this problem on my laptop computer. My 3rd computer however, I do not have this problem.
If I overlap any 2 after effects files within premiere same problem, screen goes black. I tried rendering the video and the video also renders all black in any format...mpeg2, mpeg1, avi, quicktime.
If I press the play button with in Premiere all of the blacked areas are then visible. Press stop and they go black again.
My computer is a Boxx with Windoes XP x64 edition with a Quadro FX 4800 graphics card. My laptop that also has these same problems is also 64 bit but with Windows 7 with 2 Radeon HD 4850 cards. The computer that I dont have these problems on is a x32 edition windows XP.
I've problem solved this for days now with no solution and nothing I can find in these forums is related. Does windows x64 and Adobe have issues working together?

Problem was my default settings in After Effects had the pixel aspect ratio off from premieres' or that some files differed from others in their aspect ratio. I set it to a default setting and everything is now working. Still seems funny this would cause it to not work, but whatever.
I'd like to thank myself for all the help and support I offered myself.

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