Motion freezing a lot

Somehow I manage to make motion (and my entire computer) completely freeze quite a lot. This often seems to happen as a result of a lot of changing of settings. It never used to be this flakey. Any suggestions anyone please?

the first link mentions Patrick's post.. and I quote..
"There are ways to improve Motion's interactive performance.
1) If you're using Ram Preview, clear it periodically.
2) Keep your render quality at Draft or Good until the very end.
3) Text is especially draining of resources in Motion 3. Turn off layers you've finished with to improve performance while you work in other areas.
4) Definitely turn off Timeline and Layer thumbnails.
5) Don't have any layer selected when playing - the thumbnail for the Inspector Tab has to be generated when you stop."
Also, do you have any illustrator files in your comp? or any wma files in your browser? Have you tried trashing your preference file and restoring permissions? Is your drive close to full? and so on....

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:56:10 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Lightroom 2.6 freezes a lot
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