CS3 hangs up on reading preferences

All of a sudden CS3 hangs up at the splash screen while reading preferences, I gave it 5 minutes but the busy circle just keeps spinning and the program won't open.
I have a brand new laptop running Windows 7 and CS3 was working!

Thanks I will keep this in mind, but finally after just letting ti go, it opened! Then I closed it and reopened it and it opened normally without haning up, just a weird glitch I guess?

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I have CS3 10.0.1, Vista Ultimate and 3Gb of ram. Until a week ago, CS3 was running fine - quick start up, quick file opening, quick filters. However, for reasons I can't fathom, it has started to take around 30 seconds on "Reading Preferences" during start up, and around 40 seconds to open a 22.8Mb file (with a "Progress/Reading Photoshop Format..." dialogue and progress box).
I have no network printer and have deleted and reset my "Preferences". Made no difference.
I have not installed any soft- or hard-ware which I can imagine conflicting with CS3 in some way.
Grateful for any ideas on how to get back my normal CS3 performance.
Thanks
David

I think I may have fixed the problems. This is what happened:
- I downloaded and ran the CS3 Cleaner (meant for CS3 Betas I think).
- Discovered that not only had this removed CS3 but also Dreamweaver CS3.
- Was now able to reinstall CS3 but not Dreamweaver (nor uninstall it)
- Tried a System Restore but this did not work and Dreamweaver continued to be unusable and uninstallable.
- had very recently backed up whole C drive with Acronis 11 and decided to restore all the Adobe Program Files.
- Did this and was invited to add in serial codes for CS3 and Dreamweaver.
- After this but Dreamweaver and CS3 were completely back to normal but with the advantage that the long delays I had had with CS3 loading (waiting for "Reading Preferences") had disappeared and CS3 was quick again.
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I rebooted did everything (without re-installing)
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You could try resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.ef4a07f/1
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Hi all! I'm a new poster, but desperately hoping someone can help me out. I'm running CS4 in XP on a fast system with plenty of RAM. The last few weeks, loading up is taking a looong time. The start-up screen shows "reading preferences" for 2 - 3 minutes most times. I've re-set and trashed my preferences file with no change. I've also removed all plug-ins, also with no change. Once PS is up, it works normally. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I think the network printer thing is related to slow file opening rather than slow start-up.
What method are you using to reset the preferences?
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From a Tuner-related Question Log I found when searching adobe.com, I see how to include registry info in a Tuner package, and I think I understand how to use the Installer\Migrate key under HKLM, but my experimentation hasn't been entirely successful.
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Loading reading preferences freezes slow :(

so when i click on photoshop it loads quickly UNTIL it gets to reading preferences and i freezes on this for 3-4minutes before photoshop opens!
i have tried deleting the settings by holding down command+option+shift and it didnt make any difference to the startup speed. have also tried deleting plug ins ( had none other than original ones) and have deleted downloaded fonts and brushes. also have checked RAM and allocated memory under preferences-performances and i have plenty of space...
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