Video playback on Adobe Premiere Elements 8 no longer works

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit OS
Lenovo T420
i5 Second Gen Proc
8GB RAM
Premiere Elements 8.0
Latest Version Update and Driver Update Installed
Majoirty of video pulled from Flip Camera
What other information is necessary?
I've been working on a video for the last couple of months, and have about 15 minutes of footage.  Recently when I opened up the project to work on the last 25% the playback feature stopped working (no sound or audio when play is pressed).  I noticed that background rendering was disabled so I re-enabled it, but I am still facing the same problem.  I've saved my video in several formats including AVI in hopes that I will be able to finish it at a later date.  I am only slightly technical, so please don't waste your time correcting me (I'm sure I've made several mistakes and provided information that is not pertainent to the issue at hand)!  Just looking for help, so I can finish my project.
Thank you in advance!

Great news, and actually much better than I had expected - kudos to Lenovo!
Video (and audio) drivers are very fragile things. In regular computing, they are only moderately important, but with programs, like PrE, 3D and CAD apps., the program must interface very deeply with the video driver, and it must be stout. There are many things that can "break" the video driver, and a common one is OS updates. Most Windows OS's are still set on the default update options - fully automatic. This takes place behind the scenes, and the user is seldom aware that the OS has been updated at all. Suddenly, a program like PrE stops working correctly, while most other programs seem to be just fine. Immediately, the user looks to PrE, which is **** just what it did before the OS update - running perfectly fine, but between the program and the Video sub-system, that driver has broken, so things go wrong.
One workaround is to use a System Restore Point, from before the OS update that broke the driver, BUT OS updates are a very, very good thing. Catch-22, if one cannot install an updated driver, that works well with the update status of the OS.
Glad that you found a better solution - new and improved video driver. While you are at it, you might want to check for a new audio driver too, as they are just as fragile, and can bring PrE to its knees.
Good luck,
Hunt

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