Photoshop keeps crashing

[greedy123]

Ok I'm getting really annoyed now, photoshop cs3 extended has jsut crashed 4 times in the last hour. I haven't changed any settings that i'm aware of, it just crashes at random thigns like paint brush or moving a layer. What could cause this/how to fix it?!

I am running vista x64 premium with q6600 cpu and 8gb ram. I am using 2 internal 7200rpm 500gb drives as scratch disks. It has now crashed on 3 different files so I can't imagine it being a problem with those. I'm working on 300mmx300mm 300 dpi pages.

 

[Tripnologist]

You could try resetting your preferences file. It seems to clear up a lot of problems. Just press and hold cltr, shift and alt while opening PS.

 

[Paul11]

is it a new install of photoshop or has it been running fine for ages and only just started crashing ?

have you changed any hardware recently ie added more ram?

does it crash with any other software or other times?

have you changed your graphics card drivers recently ?

 

[greedy123]

You could try resetting your preferences file. It seems to clear up a lot of problems. Just press and hold cltr, shift and alt while opening PS.

will give it a go

is it a new install of photoshop or has it been running fine for ages and only just started crashing ?

have you changed any hardware recently ie added more ram?

does it crash with any other software or other times?

have you changed your graphics card drivers recently ?

its been installed since summer when i installed vista on the hdd. its been running fine up until today. it used to occasionally crash like any application does from time to time but 4 in an hour... clearly a problem. I haven't changed any hardware for months. the only other software running is msn messenger in background and adobe acrobat (and if acrobat conflicts with photoshop I will eat my hat). I updated the gc drivers about 3 weeks ago i think but I've not noticed a problem until today and I use it regulary.

 

[greedy123]

ok i reset the preferences, will post again if continues to crash

 

[Paul11]

well i had an intermitent fault of crashing at completely random times which only happened rarely..

mine turned out to be gc drivers..

 

[greedy123]

did it crash when you were doing tasks or while it was just inactive?

 

[greedy123]

well it seemed to have fixed it. not crashed again since. duno which preference would have caused it...

 

[Paul11]

did it crash when you were doing tasks or while it was just inactive?

mine was mainly when i clicked on a menu ...

but it seems like you sorted yours now ..

 

[greedy123]

yeh thanks for your help guys.

 

[greedy123]

omg, its just crashed twice again. i reset the settings again but it crashed again after! I was moving some text, that's all!

 

[greedy123]

just crashed another 5 times in as many minutes. everytime i try to rotate a text layer (which only has 1 letter in it)!

 

[greedy123]

ok i found a possible solution on adobe forum.... i disable the font preview size option in ps... didn't crash first time of doing what i've been trying to do for 20 mins! will report back in a bit!