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I have been having performance problems with photoshop CS3, where all types of activities become slower and slower. I tried to open the edit > preferences > performance dialog and this causes photoshop to freeze and eventually become "not responding" every time.
Is this a known issue? I have not been able to find any reference in my searches. I have updated the latest patch to CS3.
Here is my system info:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 10.0.1
Computer: DellXPS710
Video: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS and Nvidia GeForce 7900GS Operating System: (Vista home premium)
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:15, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2 Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2394 MHz
Built-in memory: 2813 MB
Free memory: 1515 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1659 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 55 %
Image cache levels: 6
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\ Temporary file path: C:\Users\Rory\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
K:\, 465.8G, 452.8G free
What I have tried so far:
– Uninstall, run CS3clean script at level 1, reinstall CS3 – I have only one printer installed, no network printers – Turn McAffee off (I think – it seems complicated to turn off) – Confirmed I have the latest nVidia drivers
– Turned file indexing off on the scratch drive
– Run in safe start mode – THIS WORKED. As you can see in the specs I moved the scratch drive while in safe start mode, but this did not help.
Therefore I appear to have a conflict somewhere. All my other software, including Lightroom and Bridge are working fine.
If anyone has any suggestions I would be most grateful.
Rory
Is this a known issue? I have not been able to find any reference in my searches. I have updated the latest patch to CS3.
Here is my system info:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 10.0.1
Computer: DellXPS710
Video: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS and Nvidia GeForce 7900GS Operating System: (Vista home premium)
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:15, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2 Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2394 MHz
Built-in memory: 2813 MB
Free memory: 1515 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1659 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 55 %
Image cache levels: 6
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\ Temporary file path: C:\Users\Rory\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
K:\, 465.8G, 452.8G free
What I have tried so far:
– Uninstall, run CS3clean script at level 1, reinstall CS3 – I have only one printer installed, no network printers – Turn McAffee off (I think – it seems complicated to turn off) – Confirmed I have the latest nVidia drivers
– Turned file indexing off on the scratch drive
– Run in safe start mode – THIS WORKED. As you can see in the specs I moved the scratch drive while in safe start mode, but this did not help.
Therefore I appear to have a conflict somewhere. All my other software, including Lightroom and Bridge are working fine.
If anyone has any suggestions I would be most grateful.
Rory
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