Hi, months ago, i asked Games Hints and Help Section if they knew of a way i could speed up the inventory process and they didn't know. i ask the same question of Glitches, Bugs and Patches. Perhaps you can answer? robert.

I guess you're referring to ***this thread***
where you said

If you weren't having the problem the first time you played through the game, and you're having it now, ask yourself what might be different about your computer.
Are you using different video drivers?
Has your antivirus become more aggressive?
Did you change any computer settings?

Sometimes a computer will slow down as the hard drive gets older and develops spots that are harder to read. Or data may not be in the same location on the hard drive if you uninstalled and reinstalled the game between playthroughs, and may be more scattered and take longer to access this time. You could try defragging the hard drive to see if that helps.
http://windows.about.com/od/maintainandfix/ss/SBSdefragWin7.htm

thank you Jenny100. robert.