Does anyone have the headaches I have with DIP 7 or 9 and their freezing up frequently? Both of them do it on me and I'm getting about aggravated! I shut everything else down and run only those programs, but that doesn't seem to make much difference. It may just take a little longer than if I'm logged on as well. And heaven forbid I try to download clip art. Oh My Goodness! I Love how easy they are to use but am about ready to throw in the towel w/ them due to this issue. Any suggestions at all? Thanks!
Laurie

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I too find that when I have alot of photos saved on my hard drive my DIP 7 & 9 tends to be reeeeeeeal slow. Last night it was running a bit slow so I went and transferred all of my photos to CD. It is running much, much faster. HTH

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Mine freezes alot when norton is running also.. it tends to do a background scan of any jpg file I insert or save... not sure how to turn that off other than turning off norton while working in DIP.

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What sort of system are you running? I have had only minor problems with DIP7 and DIP9 freezing on a system with P2 and 256RAm but boy can you tell the difference on a P4 and 512RAm lol
Your virus programs may be playing havoc if you have them still running ..I have nortons on the new computer and disable the file scan before i start
Also make sure that your computer is well maintained ..eg try running a defrag and scandisk to correct any misfires.
Im on dial up and cant run DIp9 at the same time I am online unless I am happy for every move to take 10mins or more. If you are also on dial up you will most likely find it slow going as well.
I am not sure what you mean by downloading the clipart ..perhaps you can clarify that a little?
A few more tips:
Make sure your drivers are up to date for any software/ hardware you have hooked up
Try not to have to much in your My Pictures folder ..either move files out completely or make sure stuff is in folders
Dont try and run both DIP7 and DIP9 at the same time ..they both hog too many resources.
Reboot every two hours or so of work to get the best performance (and dont forget to save often)
Close files when they are no longer needed from the strip.
If you are working at 12x12 at 300dpi you are creating HUGE files..consider working at a smaller size eg 6x6 or 8x8 and then resizing the image to 12x12 when you have finished.
Check the MS website for any known issues (you may have a software clash or file clash you dont know about )

Hope something here helps

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Thank you so much Shelleyrae and everyone else who responded! I think the biggest sources of the freeze were probably trying to run 7 and 9 at the same time and my virus scan running in the bkgd. Once I disabled that temporarily, things ran a lot more smmothly! Thanks again! Laurie

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