Upgrade to PT 8.51 - Crystal Reports 2008 is defaulting to old PT version

Hi Folks:
As part of upgrading to Peopletools 8.51, a developer is making sure Crystal Reports 2008 works on his workstation.
The install when smoothly where a custom or delivered report can be opened.
However, with the report open - choosing menu option"Verify Database" results in a prompt to login with the old version of Peopletools (i.e. 8.48.10).
The old version of PT was removed from the workstation but CR 2008 still prompts for the 8.48 PT version.
A re-install of 8.51 was completed - same result.
Has anyone run into this?
Is there a way to get CR 2008 to use the 8.51 PT version?
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Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 Additional parameter values are needed

I recently upgraded to Crystal Reports 2008 SP3, and now when I try an export a report from the Crystal Reports Designer, I get the error "Additional parameter values are needed before this report can be saved or viewed with data. Click 'Ok' to enter the missing values or 'Cancel' to proceed without data". I am trying to export the report to Crystal Reports format. The report is getting data from a MS SQL 2005 stored proc. I tried building a new simple report (just took all the fields in the result set and put them in the details section) using the same stored proc, and get the same error when I try to export.
FYI, before I try to export I always preview the data in the report, so the parameters are defiantly set correctly.
This was working correctly in Crystal Reports 2008 SP2.

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