Hi,
I've had exactly the same problem that you described with my new Canon Powershot SD780 IS. This is how I succeeded to upload my big movies on my computer : using "Windows scanner and camera wizard". It's one of the options that poped when connecting my camera via the USB cable.
I found it pretty odd that this utility worked better then Canon's one, but in any case it worked! Good luck.
I've had exactly the same problem that you described with my new Canon Powershot SD780 IS. This is how I succeeded to upload my big movies on my computer : using "Windows scanner and camera wizard". It's one of the options that poped when connecting my camera via the USB cable.
I found it pretty odd that this utility worked better then Canon's one, but in any case it worked! Good luck.