Photoshop 7 running slow on Windows 8

I have Photoshop version 7 running on a new Windows 8 system. I ran in previously on a Windows 7 system. I don't know all the system details, but i know there is plenty of RAM (16 gb), plenty of space, plenty of everything, and it is compatible, however, it is dragging a lot, which it has never done. I reset it so the scratch disks are not the same as the OS (as Adobe generally suggests) and that's done nothing. It also has nothing to do with opening or working on files - there is a delay on opening items on the toolbar and opening dialogue boxes.
I have 2 hard drives - one "fast" but smaller - 104 gb, and one regular at 931 gb. I've tried installing it in both locations separately, and it behaves the same.
Any thoughts/ suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! (Also, I know Photoshop 7 is an older version, and if it were up to me, I'd just upgrade, but I don't get to make those decisions...)

Compatibility Mode is a Windows function and you should probably use. Photoshop 7 was not designed to work on modern OS's. There are more than just visual changes when upgrading your OS. New features are added, some old ones, and the code they depend on, are removed. Compatibility Mode helps to compensate for these differences by modifying the environment around an application to make it more friendly. This could make all the difference in the world. Or not, there could be something else going on...
Just right-click the Photoshop exe file, go to Properties and select the Compatibility tab. It should be pretty self-explanatory from there.

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