Indesign 2 slows down to a snail's pace after 10-15 min. Help!
I have used Indesign with Creative Suite 2 Premium for a few years with no problems. About 6 months ago I bought an external hard drive to use as a back up device for my hard drive. Not long after that I had problems with my computer and figured out that the external drive was causing a problem with startup of the hard disk. So now I leave it turned off except for times when I want to back up files. I give that history because that's the only problems I've had. A few months ago I had the same thing happen with Indesign slowing down after use. I've tried having it as the only program running. I've tried only using it after startup. Nothings seems to make a difference. I have to reboot the computer to get it to be functional for about 10-15 min. All other programs on my computer are running normally including Illustrator and Photoshop. Should I just upgrade? Uninstall & reinstall? I don't know much about changing my system settings or the super technical stuff. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
There are a lot of things that can cause slowdowns.
Disable Version Cue if you don't use it, for starters. Then look at the hard drive. How much free space do you have? Empty the recycle bin and the temp folders, and defrag.
Run virus and spyware scans. You might be surprised by what's running without your permission and using system resources.
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