I've just recently got a problem with VS.NET hanging.
I'm using Windows XP Pro.

Sometimes it hangs on the splash screen. If it makes it through,
then I can load a solution, but if I ever click on a menu button (like,
click 'Files' - no menu even pops up) or hit F5 then it just instantly
hangs using 99% CPU time.

It started after I installed the newest DirectX beta SDK, but uninstalling
that and uninstalling + reinstalling VS.NET and removing all plugins have
no effect. Whatever has changed, isn't part of the standard installation
or isn't getting repaired by the installer.

I really don't want to have to back up 120GB of data and do a format
+ windows reinstall just to fix this stupid problem, but its looking like
my only choice right now as I can't seem to fix it.

I'm praying someone has some ideas  ??

Thanks
Alastair