Illustrator CS3 Suddenly Stopped saving (Illustrator not responding)

Hi All-
I'm using Illy CS3 on Windows Vista. Everything was working fine, for 4 months, 'til Monday morning, when Illy stopped saving my files (not responding). At first I thought it was a corrupt file. After much time and effort I discovered it was all files. Then I found these forums and after 2 days of trouble shooting, I at least know my way around a PC better! On one of the forums someone suggested trying a different user name, Illy will work when I do this, but not under my user name.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
So far I have:
trashed my pref. folder (more than a few times)
uninstalled/reinstalled Adobe creative Suite 3 (one time)
Checked/started/restarted the print spool (a couple of times)
and have renamed Version Cue to Old Version Cue (twice-before and after installation)
Please help if you can.
Thanks,
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
I am also having the same problem with Illy, where it takes forever to save, says 'Not Responding' then eventually saves, or does not save at all. At first I thought it to be my computer at work so I took my work home and found that it did the same thing on my home computer. I did all the trouble shooting you did as well. I'm wondering if it is because of how many layers I have that could bog it down? It is quite frustrating. It has come to the point where I can not add any more to my work because Illy won't save.
I am relieved that I have found something on the problem that I have been having.
Thanks,
Cherie

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