Captivate 5.5 SLOW Saves

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Original project in Captivate 5 is 56.9 MB
Save time: 18 to 30 seconds (depending on number of windows and other activity on system)
Saved file size in Captivate 5.5 is 49.6 MB (opened CPT v5 file and "saved as" CPTX v5.5)
Save time: 8 minutes only running Captivate and Adobe Bridge!
System Specs:
eLearning Suite 2.5 (installed 6-22-11)
Win7 (64bit) SP1
Intel Core i5 M 560 2.67 GHz (133 MHz Bus)
4.00 GB RAM
ATI FirePro M5800 (1 GB RAM, DDR3), PCI Express 2.0
174 GB available disk space
Have completed two "save as" operations with no improvement in speed. Have updated all hardware and software.
In Captivate 5.5, it takes less than 10 seconds for the first steps of the save. At 50% complete, the "Compressing file…" message appears:
Total save time was 10 minutes (the "Not Responding" message is a Win7 misnomer while the program is working on the save/compression). The % complete never changes; when the save is complete, the pop-up window goes away.
Any suggestions? Any help? TIA

Michael,
I'm having similar issues, but I am on XP. Is this a feature within Captivate or in the Control Panel?
TYIA

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