Have tried everything mentioned and still get the crash - even when no video is present in a project. All it takes is adding a Title to make Premiere crash now.
Contemplating re-installing the OS.
Please stop me before I take that step.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Adobe Premiere Pro.exe
Application Version: 8.1.0.81
Application Timestamp: 5426694c
Fault Module Name: devenum.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.6.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bded7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00000000000016a0
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: 5ccc
Additional Information 2: 5cccf27e044b0256c4ea5fa7222c3892
Additional Information 3: d028
Additional Information 4: d028f629c279c9658ea3ed1061ca17f0