David Nard

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Pro, as I’m attempting to expand my programming base out to other languages (C#, C++, more VB, etc). Boy… did this puppy bring my computer to a screeching halt.

I should mention that I’m very anal about my computer; I have a ghost of a clean XP install that I reapply every few months in order to keep my computer running efficiently. I feel this is the best way, as no matter how hard one tries, there always seems to be junk accumulated after several months of testing software, surfing the web, etc.

So, I just did a clean install a few weeks ago, and now I’ve installed VS 2008. My boot time (to desktop) went from about 30 seconds to over 90. 90 seconds, an entire extra minute, because I installed Visual Studio?!

I understand that there are several new services running as a result of this install, the primary being SQL Server 2008 Express Edition.

As a test, I re-imaged my computer with my ghost copy, and installed *just* C# Express Edition and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. Wouldn’t you know it, hardly any slowdown!

Maybe I should stop grumbling and just upgrade to some more RAM. It has been a few years since I revamped this computer…

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