Dreamweaver crashes a startup

Question

Dear people,
The strangest error occurs when I install my adobe package.
ALL the programs work fine, exept for Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver
starts up, but the last thing in the loading screen which I can see
is initiating files, and then it crashes (or stops loading
anyways).
Info:
- I tried multiple adobe versions (also one of my roommates),
but they all show the same result.
- Every other program works just fine
- I tried dumping all my website files in the trashcan
(Dreamweaver worked fine on my old computer, I'm now trying to
install it on my new laptop) to check if there was a corrupted file
in it. This did not change anything.
My OS is windows vista.
Does this sound familliar to any of you guys? Hope you can
help.

Answer 1

AGFL posted in macromedia.dreamweaver:
> Apologies to Adobe for my earlier temper tantrum. I was
VERY
> annoyed by the fact that I couldn't get Dreamweaver to
start when
> I was forced to move from XP to Vista.
>
> Gladly, I've finally managed to find the cause of the
> difficulties and thought
> I'd share my findings. It turned out that the root of
evil was an
> application that was bundled with Vista. I purchased an
Acer
> Extensa last week and among the applications forced upon
me was
> something called "Acer E-Data Security Management". Not
sure as to
> exactly what it does (except messes up DW...), but I
quickly
> realized I could definitely live without added security.
I deleted
> it, and that did the trick!
Thanks for the follow up.
> So for you fellow Acer owners out there, now you know
what to do.
> And no
> matter what brand of computer you have I'd recommend
having a
> closer look at ANY application that was installed on
your computer
> that isn't a part of Vista. Needless to say I'm going to
let Acer
> know what I think of their hideous applications... ;-)
Yea, I got lazy and bought an "out-of-the-box" HP computer. I
spent at
least an hour deleting/disabling stuff that had nothing to do
with what
I need in a computer - before installing any of my software.
Turns out that may not have been the most efficient way to
obtain/set
up a new computer.
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)