Photoshop CS3 brush lag

I have just reinstalled Xp home OS system in addition to
reinstalling Photoshop CS3 The brush tool seems to be lagging when doing any kind of work.Especially when
I am using masks and painting in with the brush for different levels of exposures on photos. It is not smooth and it is very hard to get it blended correctly with this problem I have never had this
problem before. I am wondering if I need to set something or change a setting. Thank you in advance for input on this,

Thank you for responding to my question on the adobe forum, I was having the problem
before I did the new install. Before I installed the new os I reinstalled Photoshop to see if
that would correct the problem. It did not work and I was having other problems with the computer so I
decided to reinstall the operating system and everything including all of the drivers ect.
At this point I was thinking that it was Photoshop problem and I wanted to see if anyone on the forum had any advice.
Thanks again for you help

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