Question

In other posts, e.g.

Why are signed assemblies slow to load?

it is shown how to avoid checking of signed assemblies when an app runs in a non- or slow-connected environment, by using the generatePublisherEvidence tag in the app’s config file.

Good for the app users, but what about the developer? It seems my app builds very slowly under the same circumstances, and the config file approach doesn’t help. Is there a relevant project build setting?

Answer 1

OK, I found the answer, but I thought it would be good to have it posted here. At the link

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bc778e26-9156-4924-a9ca-a57ef8ff6bcc/

“Robbie Couret” wrote:

 In Internet Explorer 7...

 Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->Security Node,
 Uncheck 'Check for publisher's certificate revocation*'

Yes this, really did speed up my builds from 90 seconds to 3 seconds. (My app uses several signed, third party assemblies.)

Martin