Premiere Pro CS3 refuses to open

Hello everyone,
I purchased CS3 Production Premium as a university student and am having difficulties with certain programs.  I installed the suite in its entirety and successfully activated everything, and certain programs like Photoshop CS3 from the suite will open, but programs like Premiere Pro, Aftereffects, Audition, and Soundbooth will not.  I have tried running the programs as an administrator, in compatibility mode, and nothing works.  The executable process for each program I attempt to start shows up in task manager, but there is no splash screen or anything coming up on the screen, even after leaving the computer for a long period of time.
Here is my system configuration:
OS: Vista 64 bit
CPU: Intel 3570k (not currently overclocked)
16GB of ram
Currently running Microsoft Security Essentials as my AV.
Can anyone shed some light on this?  Thanks in advance.

For Premiere Pro and After Effects, the main cause of a failure to launch is an obsolete video driver, hence John T's questions. With PS CS 3, not so much, but more on it later.
With PrPro, another possible cause is that you have VST's, that are hindering the launch. See this article: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2483418#2483418.
With Photoshop, another common cause for failure to launch is corrupt, or ill-formed fonts. In PrPro, those same problem fonts do not usually surface, until one uses the Titler. See this article: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4185832#4185832
Photoshop, from about CS 5, also relies very heavily on the interface with the video driver, but in CS 3, not quite so much.
Good luck,
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