Date parsed: 07/05/2008 04:52:05
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:52:05 -0500

"Tmortn" <Tmortn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6470D196-24BC-4B52-9662-493DEE5AF6CD@microsoft.com...
> Periodically when working in design view the IDE becomes entirely
> non-responsive. Process does NOT register as unresponsive in task manager.
> Killing the process via task manager results in a quiet exit, no 'exit
> now'
> dialog or bug report session is generated.
>
> Sometimes leaving it alone, it will become responsive again ( 5+ minutes)
> however at times I have left it over lunch (45+ minutes) with no such
> luck.
> The only consistent trigger is working in design view. Sometimes it
> happens
> opening, clicking a design view tab, or working in Design view. Once it is
> opened just having it up while working in a code tab does not seem to
> cause a
> problem. It is only with the design view tab is active that this seems to
> occur. It is infreaquent enough to work around, but happens often enough
> it
> does cause problems.
>
> This is occuring multiple times per day and is becoming increasingly
> annoying.
>
> Machine:
>
> Type: Laptop, Dell Lattitude D830
> OS: XP Pro sp 3 v .3264 (soon to be updated to the current release)
> CPU: 2.2 Core2Duo
> RAM: 2gb
> Storage: 30+ gb free hard drive space
> Graphics: Intel Integrated Mobile.
> --
> There are 10 kinds of people in the workd, those that get binary... and
> those that don''t.


Is that SP3 beta or SP3 release? As far as I can see, the RTM is not yet
available publicly.
What happens if you remove the beta software? Do you still have the problem?