Re-install CS4 over CS5

(also posted in Premiere forum)
What would you think about the possible effects of putting CS4 back in my system now that I have a clean install of CS5 (from the OS on up, still haven't reloaded everything)?  I am still trying to get HDV mpeg clips to preview in Bridge and Windows Media player without success and Premiere still seems sluggish.  Getting "file update errors" when I capture new footage.
This is in my dual processor/Quad Core 3.0, 8 gig RAM, Vista Ultimate 64bit, NVidia 5700 (1.5gig) graphics setup.  It has worked flawlessly in CS4 before I upgraded to CS5.  Previews, workflow, pretty stable (only problems were usually pilot error), overall quite happy.
So, in short, does anyone think that putting CS4 back in might give me back the mpeg CODEC support (external to Premiere - all clips play inside Premiere OK).  Don't anyone suggest 3rd party CODEC packages: been there, done that and spent a week doing a clean install from ground up.  And, "Yes", all file associations inside Bridge and in Windows have been set up.  Latest versions of Quicktime and Windows Media Player.
When I moved to CS5 I also went from Vista 32bit to 64bit.  All updates have been installed to that, but could that be where problem lies?  My business relies on recycling footage from project to project, mixing and blending from nearly 3TB of storage, so bringing them all into a Premiere project bin to preview is out of the question as you all well know.
Sorry to drag on, but I love Master Suite a lot and would love to make it fly higher than it did in CS4.
So, does it hurt to back-wards-re-install products?
rg
(in the snow today)

Standard advice is to de-activate and uninstall CS5 and run the Adobe Cleanscript. Then install CS4 followed by CS5.
Otherwise you may completely confuse your system.

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    (in the snow today)

    I'm sorry, but "get rid of Quicktime and Windows Media Player..."???
    Did I miss something over the years but don't we need Quicktime installed for video functionality in CS apps and WMP is built into Window OS so how might one "get rid of it"???
    Those are hardly 3rd party apps in any shape or form.  Thanks for the conversation, rg

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