Editing Playback Flickers in Premiere Elements 10

I was running PE 10 on an XP 32 bit desktop, and created my project files and exported MPEGs with no problem. I just updated my computer to a new Lenovo 64 bit machine with Windows 7 and new 27" LCD monitor.
When I open and try to play back the same project files, the playback screen flickers constantly. The audio appears to playback ok, but I can't see the playback enough to do any editing. I opened the other project files, in case it was just one that had the problem, but the same thing happens with all of the project files.
I have checked my drivers and Googled this problem, which has happened to others. But I have not seen an answer. The refresh rate on the monitor is 60p Hz, which is the highest it will go for 1920 x 1080 resolution, True Color 32 bit.
I don't know what else to look for. Has anyone here had the same problem and resolved it? I would appreciate any assistance.

Hi Bill. Thanks for responding.
On a hunch, I went to the windows Update site to see if there were any updates I had not gotten. There were two optional updates that I downloaded: Intel Display HD Graphics and Update for Windows 7 x64 based Systems. Note: these were optional and I would not have received them in the regular updates.
After installation, I tried PE 10 playback again and the flickering problem was gone. So it appears that the flickering problem is due to Windows 7 configurations, and you need to download the optional updates. Just another good reason to switch to Apple.

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You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708 for more) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
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