Photoshop 7.0 is lagging on me

I have photoshop 7.0 and it is operating very slowly lately. It used to never do this. The main things that seem to take a while are creating a new image, and layer style actions. Has anyone ever had this problem? How did you fix it? Thank you.

- Daniel

Looks like it's lacking either CPU speed or amount of RAM. Or both.

Post the specs of your computer.

But, for now, to make it run smoother close some other programs that are running simultaneously as PS. It should help.

i read in PC World that one of the service packs for windows XP slows it down. and the fix they released doesnt work. the only solutions is to unistall the last service pack

Er.. yeah. We don't know whether he's using XP or not. I'm also that we can't help him until he posts his system specs.

And PC World is full of crap. I remember them saying that after nVidia bought over 3Dfx it was going to die off as a company. They also once had a PC building guide that was completely bogus.

Seriously. Read either Wired, or maybe something MaximumPC.

It's not my computer that is insufficient. I have a PIII with 512mb ram and 500mhz. It's nothing special, but easily enough to run PS. It never would do this to me before, all of the sudden it is doing it now. It seems to only do it when I create a new file and or when I perform a layer style function. (ie: stroke, bevel, etc...)

I am running win 98 also. Any clues? I try to keep as many other programs closed as possible but system resources get low fast too. Something is wrong here... :(

Hmmm... try reinstalling it?

id say the culprit could be the cpu, i have an 800 mhz with 512 ram it photoshop runs crappy on it

Try reinstalling it and make sure you have the latest updates from www.adobe.com I was having that problem a long time ago... reinstalled it, got the newest updates and it worked great

Partition a part of your drive and have it dedicated for your scratch disks.