Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

robert — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:59:32 GMT

I've tried the hotfix and I'd be happy to run some diagnostics because this is unusable and we went from 1.1 to 3.5 and there's no going back now.

Interesting theory my co-worker had (because it was one of the only things different from us and our co-worker who has no problems): It has something to do with Office 2007. Then I read here (http://www.llblgen.com/TinyForum/PrintMessages.aspx?ThreadID=12427) that the designer might actually be an Office 2007 component. Our co-worker has Office 2003 and has NO problems. Same for my at home.

-Robert

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

Captain Alex — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:26:58 GMT

Is this a required hotfix? Can I install it on my computer with installed VS Professional 2008?

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

VSEditor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:12:00 GMT

Jason & Fmot,

We'd like to have you run a performance diagnostic tool on your computer to help us understand what is causing the slow down of Find on your computer. Please contact me via email (s e a n l a @ m i c r o s o f t . c o m) and I'll send you the tool and instructions.

Thanks!

-Sean Laberee

Program Manager

VS Platform Team

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

Jason Kealey — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:01:40 GMT

Concerning the GDI+ handles.... I think this makes sense in my context. I just re-installed so I can't test, but I do know that I had issues with things like copy-pasting images after using my computer too long. Basically, the paste would fail!

I also work with lots of open documents and the problem worsens with use. I'd bet the GDI+ handle leak occurred on my machine as well.

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

fmot — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:57:19 GMT

One more update:

This happens only if Ctrl-F window is set as 'Floating'. After I changed to 'Dockable' the whole Visual Studio window is not redrawn thus making no significant delay. Maybe about 200-300 ms but it seems to be ok. However... 3.2 GHz CPU... and 300 ms... to draw just _one_ window...

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

fmot — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:34:13 GMT

I just wanted to add that some factors affect the delay:

1. Number of opened documents (the more documents are opened - the slower the response to Ctrl+F)

2. Number of GDI handles used by devenv.exe process. The longer I work the more handles Visual Studio opens. Starting from 500-600 GDI handles (a 1-2 second delay of Ctrl+F dialog) it then goes upto some thousands (4-5 seconds delay). Maybe leaks?

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

fmot — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:11:42 GMT

I experience the same problem regarding Ctrl+F extremely slow appearance crippling the CPU significantly. Every time I press Ctrl+F I have to wait 4 or 5 seconds for the dialog to appear. And CPU load equals to 30-50% (means one core is fully loaded). No swapping takes place. While the dialog is appearing I notice the whole Visual Studio window is redrawn. Solution Explorer is even first grayed and then after noticeable delay redrawn.

And… is there any way to disable thumbnails in ctrl+tab dialog? It also causes high CPU load and makes a second delay before a dialog appears. At the same time thumbnails provide absolutely no useful information for C/C++ developer.

This all happens under: Vista x64 Ultimate (Aero enabled of course), 3.2 GHz 4MB L2 cache Core2Duo CPU, GeForce 7300, 4GB RAM.

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

dcsimmons — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:30:08 GMT

Visual Studio 2008 still doesn't work correctly for me. Hotfix installed successfully (checked version information after install) but nothing has changed.

Even creating a completly new WebApp, the default form that is created takes over a minute to allow me to add a control in design mode. Source mode is immediate and works fine, but when I switch back to Design mode, it takes fore ever.

I am using Vista Ultimate

Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001

Intel Quad CPU 2400 MHZ 1600 MHZ DDR3 memory

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

Web Development Tools Microsoft — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:16:12 GMT

Hotfix now supports all languages except POR (Portuguese) and RUS (Russian). You can download the updated hotfix from the same location. Note that the description still says ‘ENU’ although it is an ‘all-lang’ package. Due to some limitations on the connect website we were not able to change the description for already published hotfixes. We are working with the team that owns connect site to fix it.

Vinaya Reddy

re: Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

Jason Kealey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:19:48 GMT

Short answers:

1. Yes.

2. No.

3. Does it even in VS.NET safe mode.

Long answer:

I have the win2k3 /PAE option and my issues become worse when I go over the 2GB mark.

Mikhail Arkhipov informed me that it had to be something with my OS. I've given up on the problem and am now trying to find the time to re-install and move to a 64 bit OS that supports my 4GB of ram.