Failed connecting to dynamic link server / media encoder not opening at all

After Effects and Premiere Pro will not send directly to media encoder, media encoder wont even open anymore, just crashes and takes the whole PC out with it, been like this for 3-4 days now... 

running a 32gb ram, AMD 6 processer with Nvidea GTX50 8gb graphics card

why are all of adobes apps so slow, buggy and generally terrible. 

 I've reinstalled all of the apps, full pc clean and reboot then re-install making sure all are the same version and adobe media encoder still won't open, or opens and then spends ages connecting to 'dynamic link server' before crashing or failing the project

have tried exporting video through after effects internal exporter but it reckons 6hrs for a 7 minute long video with audio? its a still picture too.

ADOBE Help us out! would have cancelled subscription already if i wasnt signed up for a year as for the past couple of months it has been nothing but hassle and really stomps all over your "creative dreams"  :(:(:(