My system: Windows ME 1 GHz AMD Athlon 256 MB RAM 16 MB Nvidia TNT2 80 Gig's of HD (2) When I run PhotoShop 6.01 and try to pull up the "Layers Style" palate, it runs extremely slow, and that is the only place it drags. I tried the "Preferences" and lowered my dedicated memory to 30% and nothing, then 50% and nothing. I have Norton AntiVirus 2000 and put an exclusion on the files and still nothing. I also turned off the Graphics Accelerator but still nada. Any other thoughts? I don't have this prob with my puter at home which isn't nearly as powerful as this one. Thanks

If you are working with large graphic files and don't have a scratch disk for photoshop then that "could" be your problem.

I allocated my entire second hard drive (40 MB back up drive) as the scratch disk. Doesn't seem to matter with the size of the graphic files. Often I start from scratch and create without photos and size is less than 1 MB.

when it is slow can you hear your hard drive churning?...can you compare the speed with some other computer ME or 98 just to see if it not the "normal speed"? try to turn off completely your anti virus program (you can use it on demand when you really need it.. otherwise it is a big performance drag)... also shut down everything using ctrlaltdel except systemtray, and ecxplorer and the appliction name for the photoshop.... try that if the speed changes... i am not familiar with the 6.1 check if the box does say "windows ME".... also you can try the help center http://www.adobe.com also adove photoshop 3 and 4 have some serious issues with windows ME check http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/readme/winme/programs.asp Regards Miro

Thanks for the ideas. My problem seems to be with just that one palate which is new in the 6.0 version. I don't hear the drive churning. Tried running w/o virus detection and still no dice. This is the only thing that runs slow at all on my system and I have a lot of memory hog programs as I'm a web designer. Again, I don't have this problem at home, but home is still on Win 98, not ME. I'm curious if it's an ME issue. I tried everything that the help center at adobe suggested, and that's why I thought I'd come here since you guys are usually right on. Keep the troubleshooting coming!!! =) Thanks.

Is that a typo?? Are you running Norton Antivirus 2000?

Not a typo. That's what they have here at work. Is this a major snafu? If so, please explain.