Photoshop can't create PNG files

Hey guys.
It's all in the title; my Photoshop refuses to create / save files as PNG. The error I get is the following:
However, I can open PNG files, and then save them. But not create the file in the first place. My information:
MacBook Pro 13' 2011
4GB RAM (2084MB dedicated to Photoshop, as I saw in the preferences)
200GB free space
Some Intel graphics card; around 350MB of VRAM or something like that.
Photoshop CS5 Extended, v12.0.4 x64
This problem has only started recently; it worked fine a week ago. I tried reinstall Photoshop twice; no luck.
I'm a web designer, so the use of PNGs is pretty much constant, let alone the fact that I'd rather not have a buggy software in the first place.
Hope you guys will be able to help me sort this out. I've tried resetting the preferences; no progress there, and now all my settings are gone...
Thanks!
Edit: Just noticed, a lot of the filters give me the same error!

Hello! Did you change something recently? More Ram, new software?
I'd also try to recreate the preferences.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/828/cpsid_82893.html

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