Illustrator CS3 Error on Quitting

I have just installed the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Update. Ever since I have installed it, il does not quit without an error.
One of three things happens:
1. I am left with a white screen and the il icon is still visible on the lower taskbar. I have to right click the icon and click 'close' on the il icon. I then get a 'not responding' error.
2. Il goes into a 'not responding' mode with my document still open.
Does anyone else have this problem? But I can close il by doing what I described in item 1.
3. The program crashes and does not close with my document still being displayed. I must restart the computer.
I am using Win. XP and I still have CS2 installed. The files I am using are CS3 documents. This happens with or without Bridge open.
Thank you for any help you can give me,
Cathy
I should also add that my documents are always saved, even though the application never quits properly.

ADD ONE MORE COMPLAINT.
I am Operating on XP, running CS3 software with all updates.
I do not get an error on quitting  - simply - Illustrator will not quit. It is a long term problem.
White screen  - not responding illustrator window hangs.
It seems to quit sometimes if I have no other adobe apps open - but that is obviously extremely inconvenient.
Address this problem ADOBE.
As other people have expressed you charge a lot for your software - you do not provide adequate software support and you bundle a lot of self serving rubbish with your bundles that we should be able to dispense with if we so choose.
It seems that it is not too much to ask that ADOBE apply more resources to address the basic issues of a program being able to start up run save and close properly.
When these problems are looked at in the context that they are occurring in a product that has been many many many years in development with the potential ability to fix problems with a simple update - it is laughable.
If you were manufacturing cars - it would be the same as being able to turn everything off  - oh but wait - you can't turn the wipers off whenever you turn them on. Oh It doesn't matter - everyone can dissconnect the battery if they wanna drive in the rain.
VERY FRUSTRATING

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