Photoshop 6 slow down?!?

[Richard99]

When i use PS6 it runs fine until i connect to the internet then it realy slows down, eg if a click on zoom it takes 2-3 seconds to zoom where as when i'm not on the internet it's instantaneous, its the same with clicking buttons, selecting layers etc.
Any other programs i run are fine.
I tried disabling my network card, which was the only thing i could think of, and looked on the Adobe web site, but no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks


Richard

 

[Richard99]

I fixed it.
I upgraded from 128mb ram to 256mb and it works great now.

 

[DefRef]

Also, check in the PS Preferences how much memory it's grabbing for itself. The default is HALF the system RAM.:Q

 

[Richard99]

But i can't understand why just a dialup connection would slow it down so much.
I could run PSP7, several IE's, winamp, Calypso email, and it would run fine.
But close all that and connect to the intrenet and its realy slow???

 

[Jugernot]

I was having similar problems, but I found out that it was an older Photoshop 5 preference file giving me all the problems. I deleted it and my performance issues went away.

 

[Richard99]

I remember why i disabled my network card now because every time PS6 froze for a few seconds the light marked ACT flashed, but disabling my network card did not affect the problem.

I have tried different memory settings.

And PS6 is the only verson i have installed since last hard disk format.

 

[Richard99]

It's fixed now, i deleted the PS6 prefs file and it works great
I'm still confused why it only did it when i was on the internet?