MSVCR80.DLL Error

Question

Before you all jump up and flame about not being able to use the search function believe me I have. I've read it all. Bewildered comments, useless registry cleaners (read: regcure solves nothing), if I see another post about IntelliPoint I'll scream (the best is when people suggest it as a solution after the OP has already said he has no Microsoft Pointing device), and replacing the stupid file across your hard drive with any version does nothing to solve the problem. If anyone from Adobe actually reads these forums, please take the time out of your busy schedules to bug-check your $1000 software prior to going live. This is completely ridiculous.
We all know the error message, but to beat the heck out of this dead horse, here goes nothing:
"Faulting application Photoshop.exe, version 10.0.1.0, time stamp 0x470fd6cb, faulting module MSVCR80.dll, version 8.0.50727.1434, time stamp 0x4757746d, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00014500, process id 0x12c0, application start time 0x01c8e1cbffc5d8d0."
I've downloaded a thousand versions of this stupid file and copied the original from the installation directory before and after the patch. I probably have more copies of this stupid file than Microsoft does. It happens immediately upon opening Photoshop CS3. Reinstalling doesn't fix it.
To the poster who suggested changing the files in the "winsxs" directory, that will never work as no matter how much you try and change the security privileges on the folder you'll always be denied access.
No I'm not running 64-bit anything and I've only got 2GB of RAM installed on the notebook. I am running Vista 32-bit and have tried running the program as an Administrator and have even disabled UAC just for kicks. Anyone with any ideas that haven't already been shot down here, please post it up. Thanks.
Adobe - I hate you. This is just one issue among many that I've suffered through due in no small part to your inability to write a stupid installer properly (and uninstaller for that matter).

Answer 1

Thanks guys. Kinda caught me at a point where I was more frustrated than anything else. Here are the system specs:
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista Business
Service pack: Service Pack 1
Memory: 2045 MB
Processor type: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2500 @ 2.00GHz
The file is located in the Photoshop directory already. That's where I tried to copy it from into the system32 and vice versa already.
The problem occurs as soon as you open the program. No splash screen, just the Photoshop window and then a Windows error stating it's looking for a solution to the problem. The only way to truly see the error is by going into event viewer (which is listed above in as much detail as Microsoft gives me). Here is a list of all the software installed on the notebook:
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional 8.0 Adobe Systems
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX 9.0 Adobe Systems
Adobe Photoshop CS3 10.0 Adobe Systems
Cisco Systems VPN Client 5.0.02.0090 5.0 Cisco Systems, Inc.
McAfee Virus and Spyware Protection Service McAfee, Inc.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 12.0.4518.1014
NVIDIA Drivers
QuickSet 8.0 Dell Inc.
Roxio Creator Audio 3.3 Roxio
Roxio Creator Copy 3.3 Roxio
Roxio Creator Data 3.3 Roxio
Roxio Creator DE 3.3 Roxio
Roxio Creator Tools 3.3 Roxio
Roxio Express Labeler 2.1 Roxio
Roxio Update Manager 3.0 Roxio
Sea3D
Sprint Mobile Broadband (Novatel Wireless) 3.10 Novatel Wireless, Inc.
WinRAR archiver
Zune 2.5.0447.00 Microsoft Corporation
I hope this information helps!