Illustrator CS3 on Windows- Freezing Issue

I have Illustrator CS3 on my dell computer and I am having issues with it freezing frequently. Most of the time it happens while saving but it also happens at other annoying times. Typically the program will have to Quit Unexpectedly, causing any unsaved work to be deleted. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

So I like several others have been fighting the on going battle of Saving issues as well as Exiting AI errors. I have searched for several days now (which is ridiculous). I have searched in Forums from Adobe.com to Chase.com. I have seen answers, from not exiting using the X in the top right, to deleting the pref. folder.
I have even tried all of the tips and suggestions. So you want to know what works...Well here is what I have done to get my AI to work well for now. Tomorrow it may be hanging up all over again.
* In AI>Edit>Preferences>File Handling and Clipboard> Uncheck All of the below:
Enable Version Cue, Copy As: PDF and AICB(no transparency support)
* Unmaximize the window size.
* File>Print>Printer:Adobe PDF as default.
* Reboot!
Adobe needs to fix this issue and SOON!
*** No one buys expensive software expecting to make so many adjustments to get it to work.

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