Lightroom 2.7 not responding

Hi,
I use Windows 7 - 64 bit OS and Lightroom 2.7. Frequently, when I'm on develop module, I get a message (on title bar in parenthesis) "not responding", which is usually followed by flickering of screen and sometimes screen gets frozen. Any suggestions as to how to address this problem?
Mukib

Sounds like the OS has detected that the application is no longer being a good neighbour, and is cycling hard. The key is finding out what Lr is doing in these cases. Unfortunately, there is no easy way for mortals to get a thread/stack dump on Windows.
Is it cycling hard on memory (is virtual memory being hit)? Is the CPU pegged?

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