Indesign CS4 task bar windows are inactive

I am using Indesign CS4 with Windows 7. The tool bars in Indesign are inactive and won't allow me to select options from them. Is there possibly a compatability problem with Windows 7 or is it something else that could be conflicting. I'd appreciate any suggestions.

Yes, that does work. I created a new standard account and went in through that account and can now access the toolbars. The only problem now is that the screen items and fonts are now very difficult to see. I am concerned that this problem may have been created when at one time under my own login account, I may have changed the screen resolution to see the screen better. Do you think this could have caused my problem? Thank you for your help.

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my symptom has changed after the last reboot. the splash screen no longer hangs, the app crashes.
Faulting application name: InDesign.exe, version: 6.0.4.578, time stamp: 0x4a85d611
Faulting module name: AGM.dll, version: 4.19.26.2386, time stamp: 0x4936ea42
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Faulting process id: 0x1268
Faulting application start time: 0x01cadc0c8d6c5e6c
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Fault bucket 1482390035, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: InDesign.exe
P2: 6.0.4.578
P3: 4a85d611
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P5: 4.19.26.2386
P6: 4936ea42
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P8: 00244fc5
P9:
P10:
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C:\Users\ROV.DIXON\AppData\Local\Temp\WER12 77.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
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C:\Users\ROV.DIXON\AppData\Local\Microsoft\ Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_InDesign.exe_d8 7faa2144b0f60835943150817119fb612d1f_0d
23f1fc
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