Creative Suite CS3 mystery windows

My CS3 creative suite suddenly quit working. They won't let me open files. These strange blank white windows popped up on InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. They say Adobe Design Suite Standard CS3 in the header and have a minimize button but nothing else, and they won't disappear unless I force quit the program. I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting the Flex, caps, backup, etc. But they keep appearing. Not sure how to fix. Any help would be much appreciated!!!

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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1339100?tstart=0
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http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/blank-registration-screen-cs3.html

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    Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 06:55:26 -0600
    From: [email protected]
    To: [email protected]
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    >

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