Indesign CS4 Windows - Locks up for 2-3 minutes

Hello I'm a sytems support guy at an art school and I'm looking for some help with a pecular problem.
We have about 500 PCs and 300 Macs where I'm located all of which are loaded with CS4 Master Collection. At the moment we have an issue with Indesign CS4 freezing when being used in Windows.
The scenerio:
A user logs into windows via active directory.
They have 2 network shares automatically mounted.
They start Indesign, it loads fine.
After about 3-5 minutes InDesign completly locks up.
Most students report that InDesign has crashed, which it doesn't, it just freezes.
You wait 2-3 minutes and Indesign works again for an undetermined amount of time.
System Stats:
3 HP models: z600, xw6600, xw8400 (the problem is most noticable on the xw8400)
Running windows XP sp3
the xw8400 has 2 gigs of ram, a 160gb primary drive and an 80gib Temp drive.
Quadro FX 1500 video card.
All students have a network share drive that stores their prefences and any files they may need.
(note that the problem arises both as local admin and as a student)
I've tested Indesign after updating it and the error still occurs.
I'm kind of stuck on a solution to this any help would be apreciated.

First off, thanks for the quick reply.
Yeah I assumed the network at first too, but when I used a local account the lock up still occurs.
It's strange, even when starting Indesign with no file, no links, no objects, I can let it sit for a few minutes and it just freezes on it's own.
I've also disabled preflight, auto correct, and dynamic spelling.
Oh and I also noticed that it's not occuring on our z600s, which use the same network log in method.

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