Premiere pro cs3, limited compression choices.

Premiere pro cs3,  windows 7
I'm trying to export my movies,but no matter what video choice I use, the program will only  compress in millions of colors, which makes videos that are way too big to use.  How do I get the other compression choices to appear?

Depends on the final destination: dvd, web or ...?
Format and bitrate  determinens the filesize.

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    Height                           : 480 pixels
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    Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
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    DSH MPEG1Packet "MainConcept (Adobe2) MPEG Audio Decoder" {25AD5730-4DE0-4CF8-952A-2AEF53AC4321} 0x005fffff ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2mcdsmpeg.ax"
    DSH MPEG1Packet "MainConcept (Adobe2) MPEG Video Decoder" {25AD5740-4DE0-4CF8-952A-2AEF53AC4321} 0x005fffff ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2mcdsmpeg.ax"
    DSH MPEG1System "MainConcept (Adobe2) MPEG Splitter" {25AD5720-4DE0-4CF8-952A-2AEF53AC4321} 0x005fffff ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2mcspmpeg.ax"
    DSH Video "MainConcept (Adobe2) MPEG Encoder" {25AD5750-4DE0-4CF8-952A-2AEF53AC4321} 0x00200000 ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2mcesmpeg.ax"
    DSH YV12 "MainConcept (Adobe2) H.264 Encoder" {FF890B51-A4C5-4B19-87CF-65D86EC12F1C} 0x00200000 ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2esh264.ax"
    DSH RGB24 "MainConcept (Adobe2) MPEG Video Encoder" {25AD5760-4DE0-4CF8-952A-2AEF53AC4321} 0x00200000 ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2mcevmpeg.ax"
    DSH PCM "MainConcept (Adobe2) MPEG Audio Encoder" {25AD5770-4DE0-4CF8-952A-2AEF53AC4321} 0x00200000 ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2mceampeg.ax"
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    DSH RGB24 "MainConcept (Adobe2) H.264/AVC Video Encoder" {FF890B61-A4C5-4B19-87CF-65D86EC12F1C} 0x00200000 ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2evh264.ax"
    DSH PCM "MainConcept (Adobe2) AAC Encoder" {866DFE40-5582-4FA6-B4BC-665781A007E6} 0x00100000 ** File Missing: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\ad2eaac.a
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    Most good file converters can handle Video and Audio. If you are having issues with the Audio, both Audition and SoundBooth can convert to almost anything and any sample rate and bit depth.
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