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This error is almost certainly video driver related. I suspect your onboard video isn't capable of running Maya 2013. You need to be using a certified driver on a workstation class card. You might check that first.
Otherwise, this error is typical of a bad dll file in your system32 folder. Generally it is a DirectX or a Visual C++ problem.
What is your video card?
I finally got it to work.. not sure if this will work for others but its worth a try.
i deleted all my d3dx files both in "windows\system32" and "windows\system" and restarted my laptop. i then installed maya 2012 and then maya 2013 (both 64bit) and bothe versions now work completely well. no changes have been made to my laptop's hardware. 🙂