Don

Also, have you installed any new software or hardware lately? The symptoms
you describe are also consistent with a faulty driver, often an old one. If
that's the case, you might look for an updated driver. M$ had a lot of
trouble with plug-and-pray in Win9x.

Don


"Donna" <donnamcm@nospamplsworldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Running Win98SE, 512 mg Ram, 19 gig harddrive (9+ gig free), PS7.01
>
> A recent problem has developed with PS. Just trying to accomplish the
> simplest task is taking forever. Example: I just tried to open a file in
> PS that is simply a 6x8 postcard with 2 sets of guidelines (bleed area
> on card). I waited 4 minutes and gave up and ctrl+alt+del informed me
> that PS was not responding. Another example, with a PS file open (132 mg
> file size) I clicked on a layer to change the color overlay of an
> effect. Took over 3 minutes to bring up the correct window to do this.
>
> I have reinstalled PS7.01, scandisk, defrag & checked for viruses and
> rebooted between problems. Also, fyi I don't have any other programs
> open while using PS--including virusscan--nada--except what Windows
> programs have to run in background.
>
> I am very concerned as the school semester is rapidly approaching and I
> will be taking another PS and Illustrator class. Jeez--a new hard drive
> or worse, a new computer?????? Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks in
> advance.
>