IDE optimization?

Question

Are there any optimization tips/techniques to help speed up VS 2008 IDE?  I seem to be bumping up against memory limits (either the 2GB limit - assume VS 2008 is x86 even on a Vista x64) or resources limits with Windows Forms (560 controls and the IDE gets very flakey where controls/form do not paint and trying to select code tab nothing happens).

Thanks, Rob.

Answer 1

Hi Rob,

I found a useful blog that gives many suggestions of hardware recommendation to make Visual Studio faster. Some useful tips are mentioned on how to speed up Visual Studio.
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/01/tip-trick-hard-drive-speed-and-visual-studio-performance.aspx

If you are using web development, the following hotfix would help you to improve Visual Studio performance.
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/02/08/vs-2008-web-development-hot-fix-roll-up-available.aspx

You could update your VS2008 to VS2008 SP1 to make it faster from the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en
Service packs offer Visual Studio and .NET Framework users improvements in responsiveness, stability and performance.

Here is a useful blog that could help you to speed up a tool window.
http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2007/12/25/did-you-know-you-can-speed-up-or-slow-down-how-fast-a-tool-window.aspx

Thanks

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