As a matter of habit, I open all my important programs as administrator. Of course, I am the primary user anyway. Initially, it was a way of getting around locked folders in win 7 64 bit. I love Win 7 it has been a solid build on base for my work. However, it does have some strange protection issues. I have had to convince it that I was a friend, not an enemy ;-)
With that said, I mixed down two projects...yesterday and today. Both had at least 18-22 tracks with probably 16 vsts in various situations. I did several parts using built in synths (vstis) and imported some audio tracks I had. Now I
have found there are some vsts that will bog a system down so much that they
can cause an export issue. I will usually start by eliminating anything I added to the song recently and that usually zeroes in on the problem.
But generally, exporting has never been a real issue for me. Cakewalk by BandLab is working flawlessly for me. I do all my studio projects solely on that daw. Though, I have over the years tried various daws, I have always been comfortable with Cakewalk. I actually started in the mid 80's using Stefan Daystrom's Hybrid Arts SMPTE Track on an Atari 1040STe. When they went under I moved quickly to Cakewalk in the late '80s and have remained there quite comfortably. It has always been a product that keeps getting better and better. With Noel and the bunch innovating it has surpassed my original expectations. I am happy that I got the download issue solved at BandLab. It made me a very, very happy camper.