Grey screen when importing HD videos into CS4

hi, im new here and im having a bit of a problem with adobe CS4 Premiere Pro.
i have an Hitachi D60PT HD Digital Camcorder anf i have recently filmed some footage to which im looking to edit together.
ive imported the files into premiere, at first the image was very jumpy since they were filmed at full 1080p HD, so i decided to update premiere to version 4.2. now all im getting is a grey image where the video should be.
i have checked these forums previously and heard you mention gspot to see what codec the video is using and i have checked it out and its saying that the codec is installed. ive tried quick time pro and DivX but after installing the update now thats not even playing them. im lost for answers at the moment and im hoping you guys can help.

since im currently at work i cant post the gspot screenshot yet so i will sort that tomorow
the specs of my laptop are
Intel® Celeron® Processor T3300
- 2.00 GHz
- 800 MHz FSB
- 1 MB L2 Cache
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64-BIT
2GB DDR3 RAM
Hard drive is 400 GB SATA
Graphics card is Intergrated Intel mobile 4 serie
full specs at http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/advent-modena-m200-06605481-pdt.html
in regards to the project settings im experimenting, ive been using 720 25fps but im still looking for the correct one.
the codec that gspot is telling me is h2.64 and says it is installed but as i said i will take a screen shot and upload it as soon as i can

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