Using magnetic lasso tool crashes PS

I'm using Photoshop CS2 on a PC and when making a selection with the
magnetic lasso tool, the image I'm working on (and any other image I have
open within PS, including PS itself) turns grey and blank. It's very
strange, it happens as I work and make that one click, then bang! The whole
app turns a grey color and I have to start all over again and hope it
doesn't do it again! It's almost like a low memory issue, but I have 1.5 GB
installed though which should be enough.
When it happens I can see the actual tool itself in the grey background and
I can move it around, but it doesn't do any good since I don't see the image
itself. Sometimes the system clears itself and I'm able to continue after a
few seconds, but sometimes not and I have to ALT-TAB to scroll my apps which
usually clears it, but I lose my work.
I have the latest updates from Adobe installed. Anyone have any ideas what
might be the cause??
My system:
WinXP
2.88 P4
1.5GB RAM

Jeb

Re: Using magnetic lasso tool crashes PS

Jeb,
1.5 GB RAM is not a "matched" ammount, 2 or 3 chips in 4 slots? Either way,
there will be a slight a performance hit, but even so it shouldn't explain
what you are experiencing. Has it just started or been doing it all the
time? First thing I would try would be to delete the preferences file as per
the Help file.
Restart PS with the ctrl+alt+shift key held down, if you get the timing
right, you will get a dialogue box asking if you want to delete the file.
Say yes.
MH


Mike Hyndman

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