Originally Posted by
dzatto
This is probably a long shot, but try runnin filemon. I think that's what it's called. It's a downloaded program that cleans up file paths. I had a problem in paper space that sound like what you are experiencing. It turned out that the "add a plotter" wizard shortcut that is found where your .ctb files are was pathed to my old version, which I had deleted. So basically, it was pathed to nowhere. Once I fixed that, my performance shot way up and the problem stopped. It could just be a coincidence that you notice it when the properties palette is open. Just a thought.