Premiere Elements 8 lockup problems

So I’m looking into getting Premiere Elements 8, and naturally I downloaded the trial. It worked nicely and I was enjoying it, until I tried scrolling through the options under the “edit” tab on the right. Every single time I do this, without fail, it freezes and/or closes the program. Not fun. Anyone know how to fix this problem?

(I’m running windows 7 64 bit, which I would say was the issue if it weren’t for this, and I easily meet all the system requirements for it)

Thanks in advance for any help.