Trouble getting Illustrator CS4 to run, and when it does: no workspaces

At work (University of St Andrews) I have Adobe CS4 Web Premium and everything installs and runs okay apart from Illustrator CS4.
I've tried to install it on two different PCs, both Dell Precision workstations. One had Windows XP Professional 32-bit, the new one has Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I get exactly the same behaviour on both. I've even tried to install it on Windows 7's XP Mode and I get the same error messages!
INSTALLATION #1
When I installed it I got an error saying "Done, with errors". Details showed:
Error
Adobe Illustrator CS4 LangPack (en_GB)
Error:
Error 2
When I then tried to run the application it just wouldn't start, it would throw up an error message. It simply would not start.
INSTALLATION #2
So I uninstalled it, reinstalled it and got the same error.
COPY FILES - NO WORKSPACES
I then read this advice on a forum:
"Do you have a working install of Ai CS4 on another computer anywhere?
If so, go into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\Support\Required
and copy the Resources file to the same location on the computer that
encounters the error. I was having the same problem, but luckily I had a
working install on another OS, so I just compared the files between the
two installations and found the missing ones."
So I copied over these files from a working copy elsewhere in the department and this time the application ran but I now have no WorkSpace settings and cannot save any either.
INSTALLATION #3
I then uninstalled again and tried to reinstall. This time on the installer I was given a number of language options. Rather than English (International) I selected English (US) and lo! and behold! the installer ran without errors and the application opened ok and this time I had WorkSpaces... the only problem was that it would only run in trial mode because it wouldn't accept my serial number, which I'm guessing is for English (International) only.
INSTALLATION #4
Uninstall, again. Reinstall, again, this time in English (International).
Now the application opens but again I have no WorkSpaces, and cannot save any workspaces.
What can I do? Any idea how can I get a fully working version of Illustrator CS4 on my PC that includes workspaces?
Thank you
Gareth

Hi Carey,
Thanks for your post. I have followed your instructions and here are my replies:
Are you having any issues with your other Adobe products, or is it just Illustrator?
If just Illustrator, did you previously install the product separately (i.e. as a trial, or as a pre-release/beta)?
I am having problems only with Illustrator CS4. I have not installed the product separately, either as a trial or a pre-release or beta.
In fact, I installed Adobe CS4 Web Premium on a clean, newly installed, straight-from-the-Dell-factory Dell Precision T7400. It was the first application I installed, and Illustrator wasn't working straight after the installation.
I've not had any problems with other Adobe applications. The only time the serial number became an issue was when I tried to reinstall Illustrator CS4 using "English (US)" as an option, simply out of curiosity as this hadn't been an option with the original installation of the whole suite.
I followed the instructions:
Deleted C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4.
Updated permissions for Public Documents (although when I reached step 12: "Click Apply and click Permissions tab." there was no Permissions tab).
Reinstalled Illustrator CS4 from the setup.exe file. You said uncheck everything else, however the following applications would not allow me to untick them:
Adobe Bridge CS4
Adobe Extension Manager CS4
Supporting Components:
          Adobe CMaps CS4
          Adobe CSI CS4
          Adobe CSI CS4 x64
          Adobe Color EU Recommended Settings CS4
          Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
          Adobe Color NA Extra Settings CS4
          Adobe Default Language CS4
          Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4
          Adobe Fonts All CS4
          Adobe Adobe Linguistics CS4
          Adobe Output Module
          Adobe PDF Library Files CS4
          Adobe Search for Help
          Adobe Service Manager Extension
          Adobe Type Support CS4
          Adobe Update Manager CS4
          Adobe WinSoft Linguistics PLugin x64
          Adobe XMP Panels CS4
          AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK
          AdobeColorCommonSetRGB
          Connect
          PDF Settings CS4
          Photoshop Camera Raw _x64
          kuler
The installer ran, and I got exactly the same error as before:
Error
Adobe Illustrator CS4 LangPack (en_GB)
Error:
Error 2
Now when I try to run Illustrator CS4 I get a dialog box saying:
Error
The localized resource files for this application could not be loaded. Please reinstall or repair the application and try again.
This is the ninth time I've tried to reinstall it.
I'll try to send you a direct message with the serial number and take it from there.
Thanks
Gareth

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