@TessFerrandez
We just released a hotfix for an issue where you get 100% CPU in vbc.exe when compiling large applications in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
Apart from the 100% CPU situation you may also notice symptoms like visual studio taking a very long time to return or error messages like
Error 246 Timed out waiting for a program to execute. The command being executed was "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\vbc.exe" /noconfig @"C:\TempFiles\MyApp\8ec39ce7\e41b4e32\gpznqwbu.cmdline".
or
C:\MyProjects\MyPage.aspx(4): Build (web): Object '/32eba493_7a69_40af_bfe6_52887ab07396/jdkqqpvt_pufe5n+ogossdnv_258.rem' has been disconnected or does not exist at the server.
The issue will not appear if you set debug="false" in web.config.
The reason for this issue is that vbc.exe (the vb.net compiler) is spending a lot of time compiling and copying pdb files (symbol files) and to confirm that you are running into this issue you can take a hang dump with adplus (adplus -hang -pn vbc.exe) while vbc.exe is running at high CPU. If you open it up in windbg.exe and set up the symbols correctly (.symfix c:\websym) and then run ~* kb to list all stacks, you should see a stack similar to the following:
The fix involves two hotfixes (KB 951708 for Visual Studio 2008, and KB 953595 for vbc.exe). The KB articles will be published soon but even though the KB articles are not yet published you can still get these hotfixes by contacting support and supplying the kb article numbers 951708 and 953595.
Laters,
Tess
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How do I/we get the hot fixes for this problem without paying for it?
KB 951708 for Visual Studio 2008, and KB 953595 for vbc.exe
Free they should be.....
> The KB articles will be published soon
The KB articles are now available.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953595
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951708
Hard you may be trying, but my system is still dying.....
There are no hot links on these pages for downloaing the files and the files are what is needed.
There are no hot links on these pages for downloading the files and the files are what is needed.
Were I replying directly to you would I have so said. ;-)
...but presumably you've seen the post Tess linked to:
How do I get a hotfix for .net or Visual Studio? @ http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2008/05/09/how-do-i-get-a-hotfix-for-net-or-visual-studio.aspx
Might you indicate why the described technique will not work for you?
Thanks for the response.
I have been led to believe the fixes are as simple as applying KB953595 and KB951708 which are as the articles you mentioned, files.
If these files were available to download I would do so. None of the pages you or Tess have indicated have these particular files on them as downloadable links.
I see the description of the files but alas no link to download.
What praytell might I be doing wrong?
Sometimes it is just the way I am holding my mouse, hopefully it is once again a failure of a rodent nature.
These fixes would currently seem to fall into the class that Tess mentions in the aforementioned post:
"If the particular hotfix you are looking for (like this one) is not available there, you need to open a support case and the reason for this is that we want to keep track who gets certain hotfixes in case there is an issue that we need to inform the customers about. If you open a support case to get a hotfix this case will of course be free of charge..."
Sometimes, the hotfix becomes available for download at a later date, directly from the KB Article that discusses the hotfix.
... and, in case you have not seen it, Tom has recently made this post:
Hotfixes on Code Gallery @ http://blogs.msdn.com/tom/archive/2008/07/01/hotfixes-on-code-gallery.aspx
It seems to be a change to the way hotfixes that were previously made available (leaving the "Visual Studio and .NET Framework Public Availability Program" on Connect [as Tess wrote about], in favor of the MSDN Code Gallery).
But, as you may expect, the 951708 and 953595 hotfixes are not currently available in either place...
Actually that is not what I would expect and I am curious as to why you might think I would expect it.
I also would not expect to have to open a support call and supply a credit card to get these "Bug" fixes for a product I already paid for.
Alas, I guess I shall be relagated to working on bits of code and running a "Once Daily" full build. "Shades of the 1990's"
I'll check back from time to time to see if the magic files suddenly become available to the rest of us.
I would expect that you would expect it, as you stated "None of the pages you or Tess have indicated have these particular files on them as downloadable links. " So, here's another page where you are not able to download the referenced hotfixes from. :-)
FWIW, I've previously acquired a hotfix from PSS (not related to the .NET FW / VS) and do not recall needing to supply a credit card number to do so. The hotfix was provided rapidly, the followup was amazing, and the hotfix resolved the issue.
So it seems the options for obtaining these hotfixes are currently to wait, or open a support case.
even if you open a support case and provide a credit card number you will not be charged if the only purpose for the case is to obtain the hotfix.
If however the hotfix does not apply to your situation and you need more help to resolve the issue at hand then you would be charged if you choose to continue with the case.
Thanks for clarifying, Tess. It seems there is a lot of confusion around that aspect of support cases, and it is seldom expressed in such a clean fashion.
is there a simple tips to fix this problems?