It seems that memory intensive apps can cause issues, as prolonged use of Photoshop CS3 causes this bug too. Adjusting the memory/performance settings within PS itself can stave off the bug for a while longer, but eventually it catches up. It's the only app that causes this for me which is a great shame as I use PS quite a lot.

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