CS4 Installs but then INdesign , Illustrator won't open

Hello,
Can anyone offer me advice on this issue with CS4? My DVDs Install ok but when trying to open InDesign and Illustrator I get the message, 'sorry InDesign needs to close' I then send an error report to Microsoft - but the product didn't open at all to start with. Same happens with Illustrator, Flash etc. The only programs that will open are Photoshop and Fireworks (after reading other forum members problems with not even being able to install the program I kind of feel lucky for those small pluses!). I've spoken to Adobe support 5 times and reinstalled the product about 10 times after following their instructions.
I was using InDesign CS3 trial and had no problems with that (I did uninstall it and deactivate it before trying to install CS4).
I have all the required system requirement, 2 GIGs RAM, Window XP with service pack 3.
Owing to this I cannot go on with my class assignments now so it's pretty disappointing, but if anyone has any clues I'd be very grateful, thankyou,
Allison

Thanks so much for your responses guys. I had a go at these sugestions, but nothing worked. Adobe phone support continued to offer patient support but nothing was working - anyway, as I was going to get a PC upgrade in the near future I went ahead and got it ahead of time on Monday - there was no problems with the install on this PC and all programs open up fine -( I've got a better graphics card etc and Windows Vista), kind regards, Allison

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