help with importing points

[blumpy]

can anyone help me.
i am using auodesk civil 3d and when i go to import a point file in the PENZ format and select the file from the location it dosent put the location on the source file line.
So i type it in and hit ok and get this:

"FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0xfffffff4 Exception at 12272c4fh"
and it shuts down.

I have went through the tutorial on importing points and follow the instructions it says to import a file in the External project point database format so i pick it and it does put the location on the source file line and when i hit ok i get the same error message.
i think it is a problem with the program, maybe confliction with something else.
i also have autocad 2006 and 2005, land desktop 2006 and 2005, and the survey and civil components installed.
can anyone help?

[MHultgren]

What type of permissions do you have where the point file is located? READ\WRITE\EXECUTE or READ-ONLY?

[blumpy]

I looked at the folder that the files were in and it had read only radio button on so i selected it off. But if i checked it again it is on automatically back on. The files themselves are not read only.

So i tried the tutorial again and got the same thing. Then i tried my own point file in my own drawing which before wouldn't put the location on the source file line. So i double clicked the file instead of hitting ok and a message came up saying "A sharing violation occurred while accessing.....No points were transferred from the source"

I am not on a network it is installed on a stand alone machine

Its driving me mad!