Adobe Illustrator CS4 very slow to open/use in student setting

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To anyone that has had experience using CS4 in a Mobile account student setting. Please try and help me out.

I've been having the same problem now for a few weeks and its killing me. Not sure what I can do, but in Photoshop and Bridge, the only programmes I use on a daily basis, it takes me forever to enter file information.
My specs are:
eMachines ET-XXXX
Windows 7 Home Premium
4GB RAM
500GB HDD

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