Blender 2.76RC3 Not launching

Hi,

New Windows 7 64bit install and Blender 64bit won’t launch. Not getting an error message.
Searching online brought me to this post which is similar. (Console flashes on launching, then closes)
http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/2203/console-flashes-on-launching-then-closes-ms-windowsTried uninstalling, and re-installing with the same result.
Looking for startup/user pref file didn’t help because the directory doesn’t exist… Checked every folder, and made hidden folders visible as well. (There is only 1 user, -myself- with admin rights)
C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.xx\config tr

There is no antivirus installed that would be interfering.
As mentioned earlier, this is a new Windows 7 64bit install on a brand new PC. All hardware was just bought a few days ago.

Also tried installing Blender 2.75 64bit, and still not launching.

What should I be looking at to solve this?

System specs:
i5 4690
GPU:GTX 970
8 Gig ram
Win 7 64bit.

P.S. I do have Blender 2.76RC3 working on 2 other machines with different hardware specs.

Update your graphics card drivers (manufacturers website) since for a new machine they are most likely way out of date
If you are using the blender installer, try downloading the zip file.
Try downloading from a different server
Ensure you have installed the Visual C++ packagehttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784

Updated video card drivers, and made sure I had Visual C++. Tried different download mirrors and the zip package.

Managed to run the 32bit executable from the zip file.

Seems the 64bit versions won’t run…
Could this be related to motherboard drivers? (MSI H81I)

System specs:
i5 4690
GPU:GTX 970
8 Gig ram
Win 7 64bit.

Hi, artists. The same problem with Blender 2.76: “Console flashes on launching, then closes” . And I use Linux 14.04. I’m going to try to update my Nvidia drivers and see what happen. Regards.

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/884586/failed-to-install-cuda-7-5-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts/?offset=11#4714515

People cuda 7.5 linux not working. Cuda 7.0 is not on the web for download modprobe does not work either. Nor is the Linux kernel. In my case I could make a mixture of 7.5 +7.0 awful but it works.