Nothing plays in PP CS4

No video or audio will play in Premiere Pro CS4.  Not AVI's I captured myself using firewire.  Not WMV's.  Not WAV's.  Not MP3's.  The "play" button changes to a "stop" button, but that's all that happens.  The scrub line does not move in the Timeline/Sequence window or in the Source window when I hit "play" or "space bar".  The timecode/counters do not move in any window.  I've tried updating the display drivers, but that doesn't work.  One person suggested changing the Audio Hardware default device from Premiere Pro WDM Sound to something else, but I don't have any options other than WDM.
I can capture audio and video just fine.  I can edit in/out points by scrubbing and see the video move.  (I can't hear the audio while scrubbing even though that option is selected.)  I can even export media in a variety of formats and they play fine in Windows Media Player, but not in Premiere.
I've tried clicking every option "on" and "off" to see if anything works, but nothing changes.
Do you have any thoughts?
My version is 4.1.0 (113(MC: 166418))
Intel Core 2 Duo
E7500 3.0 GHz
3 GB Ram
NVidia Quadro FX 1700 with 512MB

Because I do as much print work, as Video editing, I have more programs, than many, who have their workstations totally clean for just NLE work. I also do a great deal of DVD authoring, so I use many other programs for the artwork and also for text management. Still, I was able to clean off much of the detritus.
Now, my workstation does see very limited Internet work. For that, I have several "protection" programs, though behind a hardware firewall.
What I do, when editing is to first manually exit from my AV, pop-up blocker and spysweeper, then run EndItAll2 to eliminate all other unnecessary Processes. During that time, I do NOT have ANY Internet access, because my "guard" is down. During that time, if I need to go on-line, I use another computer in the LAN, and then transfer the material to the "unguarded" workstation.
I'm with Bill on some Processes to eliminate, on a temp basis. First, I went in with MSCONFIG and eliminated much from even loading. This was a custom machine, so I didn't have THAT much "stuff" to begin with. Still, Windows, and a few others, will stuff you in a hurry. After that, I use the above of each editing session, unless it's a Q & D (quick & dirty) little Project. For anything serious, I shut down everything that is unnecessary. Besides EndItAll 2, there are many similar apps. I just use that one, and have for the last 8, or so years. It was freeware back then, and I understand that it is now shareware. I like that I can tailor it, in case it wants to get too aggresive with what it eliminates.
Good luck,
Hunt

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