FWIW my box at Dow Jones is XP and runs vs2010 ultimate, C#, box itself not as fast as home box and performance has never been bad (albeit apps are not as UI complex ) and tweaking settings as discussed seems to have no effect.
>Hi,
>Having played around with the various options on a couple of machines and found no noticeable difference in performance I'd be interested to know what appeared sluggish in your IDE before turning off the 'Enable rich client' option.....
>
>>Have to share this one from CodeProject as it made a *huge* difference on my system
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http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/350495/Visual-Studio-2010-WAS-painfully-slow>>
>>This is a very quick tip for anyone who, like me, has found Visual Studio 2010 to be painfully slow.
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>> Go to
>> Tools ==> Options ==> Environment ==> General ==> Visual Experience
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>> Then UNTICK
>> Automatically adjust visual experience based on client performance
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>> And UNTICK
>> Use graphics hardware acceleration if available
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