HP Dreamcolor APS calibration software crashes on Mac Pro

Has anyone had trouble loading the Dreamcolor Software required to calibrate monitors? I have the software loaded on my Macbook Pro running OS X 10.6.6 and it works perfectly but on my new Mac Pro with same OS it "closes unexpectedly" every time I launch it. Downloaded the latest firmware and it didn't help.
Anyone got any ideas?
Warwick

The two computers use different video cards. I'd start there. Given this is HP software, you might want to use their resources.
Good luck,
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