http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nexpert/archive/2009/04/20/checking-asp-net-view-state-size.aspxThere is a fantastic post over at Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen where he discusses some of the performance improvements put into the newest version of MSDN. Specifically their performance team made the following changes: Moved CSS/JS around on differenten-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nexpert/archive/2009/04/20/checking-asp-net-view-state-size.aspx#9558035Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:39:32 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9558035Checking ASP.NET View State Size | ASP NET Hosting<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://asp-net-hosting.simplynetdev.com/checking-aspnet-view-state-size/">http://asp-net-hosting.simplynetdev.com/checking-aspnet-view-state-size/</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9558035" width="1" height="1">