@SnowS

 

CS3E was a bit slow out of the box for me, but after a few tweaks it runs faster than CS or CS2.

Try this….

Open Bridge>Edit>Preferences>Startup Scripts>and click the “Disable All” button.

I also deleted the folder “Version Cue” found in “C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeStartup Scripts CS3”, as that was launching my browser and slowing down the system (all the time…not just when an Adobe product was running).

Turning off auto updates also helps a lot.

There is also a way to kill off the “Bonjour” crap that runs, but I wouldn’t mess with that on the demo version (Not sure that it slows down anything…but it is annoying).

 

“…Bridge… does that have to be installed when installing CS3…”

With this version of PS, Adobe installs everything with no options not to…
However with some very simple text editing on one file you can do a custom install and choose which components you don’t want/use (Bridge, Stock Photos, etc.).

I can post a “how-to” if you’re interested.

SWAMP