CS4 Multi-Monitor Issue

Hello,
I have been pulling my hair out all day with CS4 Production Suite. Photoshop, Premiere, etc. would max out the CPU at 100% while loading and literally take about 5 minutes to even start up on a Dual-Core 4GB RAM Latitude 830 running Vista.
Turns out the problem is a dual monitor / display driver issue (that I'm sure many other people will eventually have).
On my laptop itself, I have NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M video card in which I am running my main laptop monitor along with a docked monitor. Then, I have a second video card installed in my docking station that runs 2 more monitors (totaling 4) - an NVIDIA GeForce 6200. If I disable the 6200 driver, everything runs extrmely smooth. If I re-enable the driver, everything goes into crash mode (as far as CS4 is concerned). I have all the most updated drivers (and I have even tried downgrading some of the drivers to make sure that didn't fix it) -- no luck. I have also tried playing with the GPU setting in the Performance options of Photoshop -- no luck.
All of the other programs on my machine run without any problem; I have been running this config for quite some time now.
Adobe, if you could figure out the issue, it would be greatly appreciated. I would much prefer to run 2 video cards than one. (Oh - one more thing... everything works COMPLETELY fine with CS3. This is a CS4 issue.)
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ray

Ray, it will do a lot more good if you file an official bug report at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Be sure to describe the configuration in extreme detail.
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