Hi
Andy in Mn,
I'm not sure that you're having the same problem that I have from time to time, but...
If I'm working directly on my PC (CR App & CR template), then things go very quickly. However, when the CR template(report) is on a file server, it can take quite a long while to load, depending on the 'bandwidth' of the line and the volume of 'traffic' on it. In my case it's a T1, but the server is several states away and the T1 is used by everything and everybody.
If your server and applications are all 'local' then this is probably not what's happening with you.
Good luck,