After Effects Warning: Unspecified drawing error

This error pops up durring rendering(which keeps failing at around 6-11 seconds) and when trying to make a new composition. Can anyone help me fix this?

Have you installed the After Effects CS4 (9.0.3) update? That update fixes a lot of problems.
What operating system?

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