Rogue Star & els,

I just dumped a "standalone" version into dropbox.  It should be exactly the same as the installed version, but it hasn't gone through the NSIS installer-builder process.  I want to see if that makes a difference.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1139081/ArmoryTestingReleases/ArmoryStandalone_0.89.99.10-testing.zip

Just unzip and double-click on ArmoryQt.exe.  Let me know if that works. 

P.S. - I wonder if maybe the presence of 2008 redistributable is actually hurting you.  Total longshot, but possible.  Since I changed compilers, I doubt having that installed would benefit you (though there may be other reasons you have it installed)