Speed44,

    I also had the same problem, my comp used to take for ever to render, What I did. I took it to my friend (comp wiz) and he stop all the useless programs that run in the background in ur comp. That really work for me cuz my comp is working like a champ now. And I also print some pics that I did and it came out with really awesome quality.

P.S Don't forget to DIsk Cleanup and Disk Difrag before rendering, I also do it and it work find, just a though......