1. Update your display drivers.  Or set hardware acceleration for the
display to "none" and see if the problem goes away.

2. Otherwise, look for software updates to PSP 8 here:
http://www.jasc.com/support/

If there's no fix or updates for PSP 8, you may want to try a free trial of
PSP 9 and see if it does any better.

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Smith
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:50 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] CPU = 100%

I use WinXP Pro SP1 as my main operating system.  Memory modules = 288MB

I do a lot of photo enhancement work using JASC Paint Shop Pro 8 (PSP8).  My
problem is that after a few
adjustment to a photo, everything "locks up," and Windows Task Master tells
me that CPU = 100%.  I then
must close PSP8 down.

I can switch to a Windows ME operating system, and I don't have any problem,
but WinXP is my Internet OS,
so I use it most often.

What is the solution, if any, to this problem?  Do I need to add more
memory?

Thanks ,

Tom

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