I fixed it long ago - cannot even remember how for sure - pretty sure a disk
defrag made some difference
OH - make sure you do not have too many pictures in My Pictures - create
subfolders instead - that was it I am quite sure
The solution is to edit the OIScatalog.cag (just an XML file) located in
C:\Documents and Settings\<yourprofile>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\OIS.
Locate tags that begin with "mru path". Delete any that point to bad or slow
locations.