Visual Studio GUI Designer Flashes & Freezes

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Published on 2010-04-20T19:55:58Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 17:07 UTC
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Often I will click on my GUI Designer in Visual Studio 2008 SP1, and it will flash randomly and freeze up.

Has this happened to anyone else? I have no idea where to begin checking on the issue. Any advice/insight/laughter is appreciated.

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