Photoshop 7 & Illustrator 10 Not openining with non-admin account

Couldn't find anywhere else apropriate to post.
Built 3 brand new installs on 2 different mirrored G4s now.
When I try to open Adobe Photoshop 7 or Illustrator 10, it goes through the loading process, and when it's about to open (Initializing.......), it quits. (Image Ready 7 opens ok though!)
I'm sure it's down to a permissions problem, as when admin or root login, they both open. Also if I create a new user with admin priv. this works too, but then if I take away the admin priv. for the local user, the apps will then not open!
It's a Powermac G4 with 200+GB free and 1.25GB Ram running 10.3.9 with all latest updates etc.
I have also scroured Adobes website, and the only relevent thing I could find was a patch for CS, which I installed as a last resort, which didn't work anyway.
Don't know if this is related, but I have a similar issue with MS Word, Excel, but not powerpoint!
Any help appreciated!
Mike
EDIT - Just thought i'd update. I think I have found the problem. The OS was automatically adding a printer to the printer list, which is located on our network (HP Laserjet 2550 Colour - Network IP Printer).
When I looked at consol error logs for photoshop, it was also throwing out a printer error.
I uninstalled the printer, and all is fine!
Anyone heard of this problem?

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