Encore CS3 Freezing at Splash Screen

I apologize in advance if this question has already been asked and answered. I searched the forums, but I did not see this exact problem addressed. Here is my situation:
(1) I have the latest version of Encore CS3 (v3.0.1.008) installed, and it was previously working on my system (Dell/Intel Core Duo, Windows XP).
(2) Now when I try to start Encore CS3, it fails to load, freezing on the splash screen while attempting to load "DXCaptureSource.dll". However the program does not crash - it just remains frozen.
(3) I have Encore installed as a component of the CS3 Master Collection
(4) I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Encore to no avail
(5) I have already tried launching Encore with Version Cue running (both with and without the tray icon being displayed). This has had no effect on the problem.
(6) This seems like it could be a plug-in problem, but I have not added any plug-ins to Encore and do not use 3rd party plug-ins with any Adobe product.
(7) I had Nero Ultra Edition 7 installed on my PC and have since removed it. This may have been removed around the same time that Encore stopped working, but I do not know this for sure.
If anyone has an idea about what might be causing this issue or how to fix it, I would greatly appreciate the help. I am hoping to have this issue resolved quickly, as I have to work on authoring a DVD this weekend. Thanks in advance.
-JP

It's amazing, how often one small change or program install "here" makes something stop working over "there"
Now that everything is working again, you might want to think about making a full backup of your drive to an external USB drive
The program I use is mentioned at http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith/ADOBE.HTM#SmartOwn
This is not a Windoze restore point... this is a full drive image
I have had a drive fail, and the only thing I lost was a few unimportant daily files

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