The last person I worked with that had this issue, reported that the problem went away after applying a Win 7 service pack. At the time, they had the problem, they used SQL syntax to create the database, example:
CREATE DATABASE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] database-name DICTIONARY_
PATH 'dict-path-name' [ DATA_PATH 'data-path-name' ] [ ; 'data-
path-name' ]... ] [ NO_REFERENTIAL_INTEGRITY ] [ BOUND
] [ REUSE_DDF ] [ DBSEC_AUTHENTICATION ] [ DBSEC_
AUTHORIZATION ] [ V1_METADATA | V2_METADATA ] [
ENCODING < 'codepage-name' | 'CPcodepage-number' | DEFAULT > ]
database-name ::= a user-defined name for the database
dict-path-name ::= a user-defined name for the location of the
data dictionary files (DDFs)
data-path-name ::= a user-defined name for the location of
the data files
Please consult the SQL Engine Reference for more details on this particular syntax.
Jose