Running Contribute CS3 Ver. 4.1 .
I have read the stated Minimum System Requirements of Intel P4, 512M RAM, XP
ServPac 2, etc. I am using a Dell Inspiron 5100 with Intel P4 2.40GHz, 640M
RAM, XP SP2.

If the only app running, most of the time Contribute behaves pretty well. If
I launch any other app, including Adobe Reader 8.0 , Contribute slows to a
crawl and my CPU load goes pegging 100%.

Any advisement ?