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VB.Net - 2005 Project Not Responding

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I am having a bit of trouble with my biggest project here.  It is going not responding when I try to save.  Also, Occasionally, just on control clicks it will go not responding.  This is in the project itself not the exe that the User's have on their computers.

Probably about 2 months I noticed it starting.  But today I am trying to just add a panel to a tab and add a label then save.  It will not save and goes not responding.  The CPU usage of the machine gets pegged at 100% and the Physical memory is almost 2GB.

I have not added any special items or done anything different than normal maintenance of existing functionality.

What can I do to start trying to figure this out and debug the issue?

Thanks,
jimbo99999
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you have done the repair last week?

have you tried on a different computer?

how big is the project?

is your toolbox full of control libraries you don't use?
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Hello

I did the repair last week and it appeared to be fine.  Now it is back...or never really left.

I have not tried on a different computer.  How do I find the size ...I have not done that before?

The toolbox is ok.

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jimbo99999
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Nothing else runs slow.

This solution has only 1 project.

I am not using any Add-ins.

I just was coding for 15mins and I forgot I even had the problem.  I clicked on a control to get to the code...frozen now for 10mins already.
how many forms/classes/modules in your project?

I would also try to right-click on the toolbox and select "reset toolbox". It looks like your toolbox has issues.
I have 17 forms and 1 module.  16 of the forms are pop-up ones that I use to provide selection choices behind the tabs on my main form.  

I reset the toolbox.

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I have seen a lot larger ;)

the reset didn't help? have you tried repairing Visual Studio and re-applying the latest service pack?

Have you tried something like https://www.malwarebytes.com/ to ensure you don't have malwares?

What is your hardware? how much ram? is your hard disk full?
Hello

First thing this morning I tried just moving a panel and hitting a button to get to the cold and frozen.  

I did the repair but not the ServicePack.  I am using 2005.  Are the ServicePacks available for that version?

I have Malwarebytes on my machine...I will look to see when the last scan was and run one if it has been a while.

I have an Optiplex 755 Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB and 1TB storage.

I have 740GB free.

Thanks,
jimbo9999
there is a SP for VS2005: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/928957

4gb is not that much. Do you have many applications opened (outlook, SQL server, ...)? When you check the task manager, do you see that your memory is full?
The malwarebytes found several PUP's for Counduit Community Alerts.  I am not sure if I should remove. I do not remember installing it.

Have you ever heard of it?

I have a cple Chrome, 2 RDP's, 1 SQL, 5 projects, cple Excel, Textpad, Outlook, 1 Firefox.
never heard of it but as per http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/541850/conduit-community-alerts/, it should b removed.

What do you see as your memory performance in task manager? Chances are that you are out of memory and Windows needs to swap often.
The last time it froze, My CPU Usage was at 100% and the Physical memory Usage was at 1.92GB.

Ok, I am going to remove the Conduit threats now.
I just wanted to update this question so it isn't marked as abandoned.  I am still having the same issue with VS freezing.  There is no pattern or really anything to go on that makes sense.  I just had a freeze after trying to move a label on a panel.
7/14/2016
I just wanted to update this question so it isn't marked as abandoned.  I am still having the same issue with VS freezing.  There is no pattern or really anything to go on that makes sense.  I just had a freeze after trying to move a label on a panel.
This is still an ongoing issue.  I do not know what I am going to do at this point.  Very bad situation with this being a heavily used production app.
I am still having an issue with this every day.
Thank you.  Yesterday it was very troublesome and really un-nerving.  I was just trying to get to the code behind a button so I could use some of it behind another button.  Each time I moved the panel or clicked the button everything would freeze and not respond.  I would have to close from TaskManager and reopen and start all over hoping I could get farther the next time.

I don't know what I am going to do as this is our main .net User maintenance tool.  

Thanks for any ideas to try,
jimbo99999
I'm sorry to hear you're having such a hassle. Your application doesn't sound overly large, so it doesn't seem like that should be the problem.

Do you have any add-in applications, like DevExpress (CodeRush, Refactor), Ants Profiler, etc.? Occasionally those can cause problems, so try disabling them.

Aside from that, I would recommend completely uninstalling VS (not just a repair installation). Reboot your computer. Reinstall VS 2005, then install the service pack that Eric pointed you to.
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Thanks for responding. I was hoping there was a different solution but if I need to reinstall I will.  But it is really odd that my other 18 have no trouble...they just aren't as large.

Is there any kind of logfile that VS keeps?

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