Windows 7 - Frustrations mounting

Ok, so as posted on here before, I had a whole mess of problems with Windows 7 Pro 64bit that I didn't have with RC, and don't seem to have with Home 64bit on the other computers.

First was Adobe CS3 not working. It would install, but when I'd go to launch any of the programs nothing would happen. The process world run but I'd never get so much as the load screen. This wouldn't work in the admin or my account but would work in Virtual XP.

Next up was Office 2k7. It would work fine in admin but I'd get "Microsoft Office has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application." I got that to go away but Word won't open files unless it's already open, otherwise I get "There was a problem sending a document to the program". And whenever I do launch an Office program I get the annoying installer/configure ever time. Keep in mind this all works no problems in admin mode.

Now I got o burn a music CD with WMP and it tells me "connect a burner and restart". I go to admin mode and it's fine.

:Edit:
Now that I've gone back to my account it works

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Honestly though, as someone who loved Windows 7 RC, and the Home premium installs on other computers at home seem fine, it's just really frustrating having so many issues with my copy.

So...should I format, reinstall and try again? Just use the admin account permanently? Make my account full admin (if that's even possible)? I dunno.

Have you tried a Repair Install?

Hmm, I have not...perhaps that's an idea I should consider.

It is not clear to me, but it sounds as though there are permission problems. Particular with the problems involving differences in the accounts being used. You might go into gpedit.msc to see if you can find anything related.

For Adobe CS3, have you tried running it in compatibility mode, or as administrator?

There's something about the way that Windows 7 permissions work that doesn't seem right. It seems a bit quirky.
For me the interesting thing is that both my wife and I have admin logins on our shared machine. It's an upgrade from Vista.
The permissions ought to be identical.
Yet I can install software in her log-in, but not my own. Go figure.

( FWIW, I should add that in my log in, installs abort, with all sort of errors or none at all. As soon as I switch user, all is fine).

Have you considered making a new account for yourself? I messed up an account of mine a while back, and making another fixed the problem.

Sounds like a permissions thing to me. Are you installing and attempting to run Office and Photoshop under the same account? I installed both on my PC with no issue.

I installed both Office and Cs3 on my account. Tried running both in compatibility mode and both from the admin. For office it works fine in admin, for Cs3 the problem is the same.

I did also try making a new account to see if mine had become messed up, same problems.

I've about run out of ideas...the only thing that comes to mind is whether you did those things from Safe Mode or not?

1) Clean out your case from dust and other assorted debris.

2) Run Memtest86+, you may be getting soft memory errors.

3) Run chkdsk, but defrag first.

4) Monitor your temps with HWInfo32 and Realtemp and GPU-Z.

5) Run Disk Cleanup and clean out the %TMP% folder. Skip any that will not delete

6) Install the latest Directx Redist

7) Update your drivers with the guide in my sig.

8) Post a shot of your installed programs.

9) What antivirus are you using?