Premiere CS4 playback help...

I just got Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and I noticed that the program has a lot of trouble playingback my videos, whether it's .avi, .wmv, .m2ts(AVCHD).The videos lag a lot and it's just as bad even when they are rendered.
I have all the presets set correctly and I'm sure my specs matches. Sometimes I get a message saying that premiere is running low on memory, but that can't be the case, since the requirements indecate that I only need 2G Ram and I have 4G Ram.
My specs:
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Acer
System Model Aspire M5100
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor, 2200 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD R02-B3, 21/03/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale Canada
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
User Name Daimeion-PC\Daimeion
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.25 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.88 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.73 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.14 GB

I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean by their, speed, controller type and how allocated, or how to get that info.
OK, we've got a good start. Let me try to step you though the rest:
For "speed," I'm asking for the speed of the HDD's in RPM. Chances are likely they are 5400RPM, or 7200RPM. It could also be that they are 10000RPM, though that might be most likely for only your C:\.
Controller type refers to how the HDD's are connected to the MoBo, i.e. SATA II, ATA-100, etc. This data should be readily available via Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager>Disk drives. Then go to Details.
The "how allocated," refers to how you and Windows are using the HDD's. An example would be:
C:\OS, programs and Windows' Virtual Memory (Page File), D:\media, PrPro Project and all Scratch Disks. While you are at this, check the Windows' Memory Management to, to tell us whether your Page File is static (set size and location), or is dynamic (Windows sets this, as is needed).
I am assuming that both your C:\ and your D:\ are each physical HDD's and are not logical drives, i.e. partitioned, and that they are both internal, and that D:\ is not an external. Is that correct?
The first thing that I see is that D:\ is getting very, very full. Depending on your answers to the above, that might play a bit of a roll in the equation.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Dan,
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This might be long. I've watched all of the Lynda Videos as well as the Adobe TV tutorials in preparation to do a video presentation for my company.
Shockingly, I know how to do all of the important stuff like adding text, titles and editing clip etc, but I'm unable to even start properly.
I will be capturing a screen presentation at 1440x900 and then working from there. The problem is that resolution is too large, obviously, to use as my final video but I don't know how to size it down to a more appropriate size like half of that, i.e., 720x450. Unfortunately when I start the project and choose the sequence preset resolution (which seems mandatory) that isn't one of the options.
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Your Project/Sequence Preset must match your source footage 100%, or there will be issues along the way.
Set that correctly, and even use the Desktop Preset, adjusting your parameters, if necessary. Import, edit and THEN, when you are done, you will Export to what is required.
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Hmm... My CS5/AVCHD 1st Impressions http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694?tstart=0 includes a link to what I built for CS5
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Roger thank you very much!
It is now starting to make sense. I have only run it once and not tried any other tricks yet (like trying to use the Source from the RAID array rather than from the C: drive)
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