Question

For my VB.NET application, I’m using the windows installer that came with Visual Studio. I can successfully install and run my program on any computer in our office except for one. On this particular machine, my program will stall for about 30 seconds before being able to load the main form. When I start up the task manager, the CPU is hovering at about 0 to 1%, so its not really doing anything but freezing up. It will eventually load, but it really shouldnt take this long, especially when it loads instantly on other computers. Now this machine is windows xp with serverice pack 3 and .net 3.5 sp1. Can you guys think of anything that would cause this?

Answer 1

You could use Process Monitor to find out what your program is doing while it is stalling. Maybe it’s trying to access some network resource that is unavailable and has to wait for a timeout…