Visual Studio 2005 Standard Hangs with 50% CPU time.

[Edwin Smith]

I have a 2 form project in VS2005 that now hangs whenever I try to do
anything with the second form. This seems to have started when I added some
SQL tables from a Pervasive v.9 database using the Pervasive ODBC driver.

The devenv.exe process hangs and will not respond with about 50% cpu usage
and about 100 megs of memory used.

I am running it on an Athlon 64 bit dual core with 32 bit Windows XP pro. I
have 2 megs of memory so I don't think that's a problem. This same app also
happens on a Pentium D system so I doubt the PC is a problem either.

I googled "Visual Studio 2005 hangs" and I got back quite a few bug reports.

Otherwise the debug .exe of the last good build of the program runs OK but
now I can't get back into it to make changes.

Is there anything I can do configuration wise to stop some of the background
features of VS2005 to work around this problem?

Thanks

Edwin

 

[RobinS]

Have you installed SP-1 for Visual Studio?

Robin S.

 

[Edwin Smith]

Here are the add-ons and yes SP1 is installed.

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Version 8.0.50727.762 (SP.050727-7600)
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 2.0.50727

Installed Edition: Standard

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 77633-235-0910585-41901
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005

Microsoft Visual C# 2005 77633-235-0910585-41901
Microsoft Visual C# 2005

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 77633-235-0910585-41901
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005

Microsoft Visual J# 2005 77633-235-0910585-41901
Microsoft Visual J# 2005

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 77633-235-0910585-41901
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005

Microsoft Web Application Projects 2005 77633-235-0910585-41901
Microsoft Web Application Projects 2005
Version 8.0.50727.762

Extensions for Windows WF
Windows Workflow Foundation Tools for Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition - ENU Service Pack 1
(KB926601)
This service pack is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition -
ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this service pack will be
uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926601

Orcas Technology Preview - .NET Framework 3.0 Development Tools 1.0
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name Orcas Community Technology Preview -
Development Tools for WinFX

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Thanks for the reply. This is driving me nuts!

Edwin

 

[RobinS]

I don't see anything weird in there. The only other thing you could try
that I saw recommended somewhere recently is to turn off your paging file.
I did that, and it *did* speed up the startup of Visual Studio (much to my
surprise). I have 2GB of memory.

What if you remove the Pervasive database -- does the IDE respond quickly
again?

Robin S.
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