Screen captures (.avi) appear black in Premiere Pro 2.0

I have been using two screen capture programs: HyperCam2 and Camtasia to create .avi files. I have been importing the .avi files into Premiere Pro 2.0, and then editing the avi content. This process worked well.
Recently, the .avi screen captures that I have importing into Premiere Pro 2.0 appear black although the same .avi files play properly in any media player that supports .avi files.
Can anyone tell me what has changed, or how to correct this problem?

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