frederick chang , Mar 04, 2007; 10:59 p.m.
hello,
so my photoshop now takes a long time opening files or even creating new ones
that are trivial in size. (i tried a trivial sized test case of 43 pixels by 43
pixels and photoshop still stalls a minute before actually making this trivial
sized file)
there seems to be a lag time before photoshop decides to start opening a file.
and this lag time is consistent if i am opening a small file or a large file.
I am guessing some process that is executing before it opens or makes a new file
isn't working properly and then it times out, letting photoshop proceed to open
or make a new file.
i tried resetting the preferences, and i get the same problem.
any tips?
Giampi . , Mar 04, 2007; 11:27 p.m.
What computer are you using? Sounds like you are on a WIN XP platform...
Dan Mitchell , Mar 04, 2007; 11:33 p.m.
Is this a new problem? If so, how full is your hard drive? PS uses the disk for swap files and
this can become tremendously slow if you don't have much space left on the drive.
Dan N , Mar 04, 2007; 11:33 p.m.
good... we got description of your problem, but...
- what is your computer profile? Mac or PC?, what OS? how much RAM? size of scratch
disk? what Photoshop version? Photoshop set up?
your question is similar to the one that called a doctor and asked: "hello Doc, I got
problem with my health, can you help?"
:-)
frederick chang , Mar 05, 2007; 12:01 a.m.
for the added detail:
winxp SP2 build 2600
2 gigs of ram (did a memtest and memory is stable)
1.8 pentium M
9600 radeon mobility
100gig 7200 rpm hard drive.
hard drive is not full (20% full)
plenty of swap space.
-------------------thinkpad t42----
i also disabled file indexing on all my files. (read somewhere that it speeds things up, i cannot tell the difference)
just to make sure, i disabled all the power saving features so the laptop should be operating at full computational power.
thanks,
frederick chang , Mar 05, 2007; 12:03 a.m.
giampi, could you clarify what aspect of winxp and photoshop is causing the delay in opening files?
frederick chang , Mar 05, 2007; 12:34 a.m.
also,
my CPU usage is at 0-2% while photoshop idles for a while before deciding to execute my command of opening a file or making a new file.
Dan N , Mar 05, 2007; 12:56 a.m.
I suggest that you run a defrag. on all your hard disk...
Giampi . , Mar 05, 2007; 01:02 a.m.
>>giampi, could you clarify what aspect of winxp and photoshop is causing the delay in opening files?<<
I have seen it happen with different programs on windows machines.
Have installed any new software/drivers/updates/etc...?
Have you tried doing a RESTORE?
frederick chang , Mar 05, 2007; 01:12 a.m.
harddrive is not fragmented...
giampi, i will see if a past restore point fixes this problem.
