Visual Studio 6.0 / Windows XP / System hangs while debugging

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Avnish

Hi,

I'm doing development work in Visual Studio 6.0, C++, running Windows
XP Professional. When I debug, the system hangs--task manager
indicates close to 0 CPU usage, plenty of memory left, but nothing
responds. Typically takes 5-10 minutes for the system to come back,
and everything slows down until the debugger is stopped.

Does anyone know what causes this/what I can do to remedy it?

Thanks,

Avnish
 
Should work, mine does! Did you install SP6, recently released?
Could be the program you're debugging, not necessarilly the debugger
itself. But as a general rule VS6 works fine w/ XP.

BTW, you CAN install VS.Net side-by-side w/ VS6, no worries.
 
Many people in my team have been aflicted with this problem. I find that it seems to occur if you are debugging code that also plots graphics (e.g. setpixel) . What I've heard (third-hand) is that some driver experts in my company discussed this with Microsoft some time ago and were told that it could not or was not going to be fixed. I would like it if someone could point me to a link where the issue is discussed in more detail.
 
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