7.4 does not start on Vista Ultimate Laptop

[jphaudio]

I have a Dell 1525 Vista Ultimate Laptop with 4 gigs of ram. I am having trouble getting the program to even start. During the install I get an error when the installer starts " Ms visual basic++C 2005". The error message is "Microsoft Registered Server has stopped working". I will press the 'closed' button and the rest of the install will happen.

After reboot, the program, on startup, crashes immediately. I have set all the settings in the vista support recommendations, but the right-click 'start as administrator' gives me an error also.

Any suggestions is appreciated.

Computer
Model : Dell Inspiron 1525

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
Speed : 2.2GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Mobile, Dual-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing

Computer
Platform Compliance : Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Mainboard : Dell 0WP007
BIOS : Dell A17 10/27/2009
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB PCMCIA USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 3.5GB DDR2 SO-DIMM

Chipset
Model : Dell Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Express Processor to DRAM Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz)
Total Memory : 4GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
Shared Memory : 8MB
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 333MHz (666MHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Samsung M4 70T5663CZ3-CE6 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Memory Module : Samsung M4 70T5663CZ3-CE6 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)

Video System
Video Adapter : Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (8 SP, Integrated Graphics)

Graphics Processor

Storage Devices
TOSHIBA MK2546GSX (250GB, SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 233GB (C:) (D:)
TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632H (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : 4GB (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
RECOVERY (D:) : 10GB (NTFS) @ TOSHIBA MK2546GSX (250GB, SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
OS (C:) : 162GB (NTFS) @ TOSHIBA MK2546GSX (250GB, SATA300, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Pro Tools LE (E:) : 4GB (CDFS) @ TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632H (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Dell ICH8M-E (ICH8) LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 FC-11h
Audio Device : Dell 82801H (ICH8) HD Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Conexant 2C06h
Audio Codec : Silicon Image (CMD Technology) 1392h
Audio Codec : Sigmatel 7616h
Serial Port(s) : 2
Disk Controller : Dell 82801H (ICH8) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Disk Controller : Dell Mobile SATA AHCI Controller
USB Controller 1 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #4
USB Controller 2 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #5
USB Controller 3 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB2 EHCI #2
USB Controller 4 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #1
USB Controller 5 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #2
USB Controller 6 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #3
USB Controller 7 : Dell 82801H (ICH8) USB2 EHCI #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Dell R5C832 IEEE-1394 Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

Network Services
Network Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Network Adapter : TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 (coLinux) (Ethernet, 100Mbps)
Network Adapter : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2
Wireless Adapter 1 : Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card (802.11g (ERP), WEP n-bit, 54Mbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Battery No 1 : 100%

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 6.00.6002 (Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance : x86

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 3.5