Encore CS4 Hangs on importing audio files

My newly upgraded RTX2 PC immediately hangs as soon as I try and import a WAVE or MP3 audio file into Encore. I can import other types of file into Encore. My OS is windows 7 Professional and I have the latest versions of Encore and Matrox Tools.

The LG software was :
BD Rewiter & HD DV D-ROM Drive Solution
Which contains: PowerDVD, PowerProducer, Power2GO-Lightscribe Support, Instant Burn, Power Backup and BD Advisor.
All this software however was installed on my system when I ran CS3 and I never had any trouble before. In fact the only additional software between my old CS3 setup and the newly upgraded CS4 setup is that I now use Norton 360 instead of Macafee.
Can't help feeling that this is just another Adobe oddity, as Premier CS4 is also showing some wierd problems that CS3 never had! The old CS3 setup was actually far better than CS4 and just did the job without any aggro.
Best wishes

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In what follows when I say "crash" I mean Encore quits with a standard Windows error. When I say "hang" I mean Encore does not quit but rather becomes an unresponsive process that must be killed manually using Windows Task Manager.
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footage6.avi - XVID XviD 1.1.0 Final, Dolby AC3 48kHz 448kb/s Six
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