CS4 Locks up when building a preview/rendering

Im on Windows XP running CS4 and I get a problem with it 'locking up' whilst building a preview or rendering.
It doesnt happen everytime, but enough to be a problem.
I have tried 'purge all' thinking this would 'free up' things, but no luck. When I get the lock up I hit 'control alt delete' and see the 'not responding' warning so I 'end task' only to presented with a 2 minute wait before the app finally clears.
I never had this problem with my previous version (6.5)
Any ideas whats causing it and can I do anything about it?

I never had this problem with my previous version (6.5)
Apples and Oranges. CS4 is a whole differnt beast with probably 40% or more being completely rewritten compared to 6.5. The behavior you describe doesn't sound unfamiliar, though. It mostly happens with compressed formats that are not 100% to AE's taste. It then kinda dumbly buffers as many frames as it can and when it needs to flush them to load new ones, it seems to hang for a while. Anotehr reason could be simply not enough space in the MediaCache folder, so conformed media cannot be stored persistently. This can be further compounded by using OpenGL. What footage do you use? In any case, look into disabling OpenGL and cleaning out the Media Cahce from the prefs as a first step, the nlet us know, if the issues persist.
Mylenium

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