I use AC 5.029. I tried the settings as recommended. I noticed no major difference. Still slow. I am not aware of any other problem with any other programs. I use quicken, ms office, acrobat, updox, besides the usual windows programs. AC is the only one that slows down and only with imports. It is more noticeable with charts that have a LOT of imports (this also was noticeable with xp but now with win 7 is a LOT worse: ~10 to 15 seconds in XP versus 1-2 minutes or more in win 7)