Visual Studio 2008 Locks Up
When I’m using Visual Studio 2008, sometimes it will just lock up and quit responding for a matter of seconds or sometimes minutes. So I start to wonder what is causing it.
Is it just Windows? Is it Visual Studio or conflicts with another program? In my searching I’ve found a few potential fixes I will have to try the next time Visual Studio acts up The reasons seem to be linked to how Visual Studio communicates with Internet Explorer.
A few of the potentials reasons and fixes I’ve come across:
One claim is that Windows Vista is slow to load DLL files. If your computer isn’t connected to the internet the Visual Studio IDE will hang while it tries to perform a revocation check on the certificates.
This problem is tied with Internet Explorer. The fix is to go into Internet Explorer’s Security Tab and uncheck the “Check for Publisher’s Certificate Revocation” checkbox.
But if you require the internet, it probably isn’t safe to do this.
The other Internet Explorer fix is to disable the Automatic Script Debugging.
Tools>Internet Options>Advanced> In the “browsing section.”
Some fixes within Visual Studio are given, but may cause you to lose some debugging functionality. In this fix you need to disable Visual Studio’s hosting process.
- Open your project in VS.
- Open the “Properties” from the project menu.
- Click on the Debug tab.
- Uncheck the Visual Studio Hosting Process checkbox.
Another thing to try is disabling the HTML Validation by going to:
Tools > Options... > Text Editor > HTML Editor (or HTML) > Validation
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If you’ve used Visual Studio 2008, then you probably noticed that it has a tendency to lag once in awhile. I’ve been looking around for the causes and solutions to this problem. It gets pretty annoying while trying to work and having your machine slow down or pause while it is catching up. Some websites I’ve come across say it is caused by the HTML Validation, so turning that off would fix it.
Turn HTML validation off by going to:
Tools > Options... > Text Editor > HTML Editor (or HTML) > Validation
There is also a Hot Fix patch floating around as well that offers a fix for these HTML and scripting issues.
You can read about and download the patch here:
vs-2008-web-development-hot-fix-roll-up-available
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