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I had been having an issue with VS 2008 on Windows 7 x64 today. After debugging an application the whole IDE would lock up, minimise itself, then bring itself back to the foreground. This was pretty disruptive and I was getting quite irritated with it, but I could not find any mention of it through Google.

I did happen to stumble upon a StackOverflow question (here) where a different problem was outlined, however this answer reminded me of an issue Scott Hanselman had with an app he was doing a demo with, so I thought I would give it the fix a shot. Strangely enough, I think it has fixed it, although I am not sure why (it seems unrelated). Anyway, here is the fix, just in case anyone else has a similar problem:

Fix:
Disable checking of Publisher’s Certificate Revocation

1. Go to Internet Options in Internet Explorer or Control Panel
2. Then go the Security Tab, scroll towards the bottom
3. Uncheck the ‘Check for Publisher’s Certificate Revocation’ checkbox
4. Click OK.

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Today I got a new 24″ Samsung T240 for my office at home. I’ve been working from home a lot recently and have really been missing my dual monitor setup from work, even though it is only my laptop with an old 17″ LCD. Two monitors definitely make a big difference to my productivity when coding. I already had a 22″ Samsung 226BW, which now looks thoroughly inadequate next to the 24″ as you can see from the photo below.

My New Desk Arrangement

Once I got used to the larger monitor I had a pretty productive day though. The T240 is a decent monitor for developing on, judging from one day’s usage. Text is clear, and after a little tweaking the colour looked about right, enough for my purposes anyway. Not to mention it is a nice looking monitor. All in all, it was well worth the money I/the business spent on it.

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