After i started recording timelapses, ive started having this issue where projects take 5-10 seconds to save, along with blanking my screen and prompting a "this program is not responding" error from windows. I hoped that having better ram would resolve this issue, but it had no effect. I have also check all of my drivers and windows says they are up to date. Im really not sure where to go from here.

When i started using timelapses, there was a bit more delay in saving, maybe about a second compared to nearly instant when not recording, but it was never this long, nor did my computer screen blank out or cause a not responding error.

I have a few suspicions about where potential problems are.
- i dont have a great cpu, at least according to my friends
- im starting to run out of space on my C drive, but there is still over 30gbs left on it so im not sure if thats really an issue
- i tend to leave my art program open in the background while im not working, and i feel like this issue was less problematic before when i only had it open while i was drawing
- maybe its the app's issue? I do remember there were a lot of updates recently so maybe that had some effect?

Ive tried searching for similar questions but there were either not closely related enough or unanswered.

My computer freezing like this concerns me so any help would be appreciated!