Hold crtl-alt-del and click on task manager with everything closed, click on the performance tab and look at your memory usage - what is the percentage when nothing is running? Same with CPU?
If your memory usage is high - and it's not uncommon - could be that there's alot of stuff running in the background that doesn't need to be
You say you're editing your pictures before insert - how big are they in KB?
A good example in dealing with pictures is the desktop background, some use a full blown jpg and the system has to work to regenerate the picture - slowing down the system.
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