Weird Problem with dotnet2003

[Unicorn]

I can only say this is a weird problem!

I will be sitting there typing away in the code window, when the whole
IDE just vanishes without a trace. I get no error messages and no
indication, it is just gone. One second I am typing in the IDE and the
next I am in whatever application was behind it on the desktop and my
keystroke are going to that active application.

There is nothing in the application or security logs to indicate
anything happened.

Can anyone give me a clue as to where to start with this weird problem.

Matt

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Unicorn,

You are sure you don't have a virus or whatever. The Ide is widely used you
know, and this sound weird if everybody would have this problem. Than it
would be easy to search for that on Google. While that is probably not.

Just my thought,

Cor

[Unicorn]

Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:

Unicorn,

You are sure you don't have a virus or whatever. The Ide is widely used you
know, and this sound weird if everybody would have this problem. Than it
would be easy to search for that on Google. While that is probably not.

Just my thought,

Cor

Cor, One is NEVER sure they don't have a virus, but the only
applications that are demonstrating this behaviour are the dotnet ide
and the game age of empires....... Not the usual targets of a virus,
they are usually more interested in Firewalls, anti virus software etc.

I assume, that I have a corrupt DLL somewhere, but I have never
encountered a problem in windows where an application crashes by simply
disappearing without a trace, without any sort of message error or
some residual components left in memory.

If it was a more general problem, then I would be hunting high and low
for a virus, worm or more spyware. Having said that all I have run
virus checkers and searched for root kits.

Matt

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Unicorn,

You say that it goes to another application. I have seen in these newsgroups
questions from people who ask things how the can set the focus on another
program without the user and things like that.

I never answer those questions, however.

Are you sure a coworker is not trying to do a joke with you.

Cor

[Unicorn]

Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:

Unicorn,

You say that it goes to another application. I have seen in these newsgroups
questions from people who ask things how the can set the focus on another
program without the user and things like that.

I never answer those questions, however.

Are you sure a coworker is not trying to do a joke with you.

Cor

Cor, I work alone from home so I know exactly what is happening with the
machines here, except for the one I let the kids use.

I actually purchased an upgrade to the 2003 version about a month ago. I
had been using VB6 until now but felt that regardless of my feelings I
had to learn .net.

When I say it goes to another program, what I was meaning was that if I
have an email editor open in the background ( which is the case 1/2 the
time) my last couple of key strokes go there.

What I am looking for (I think) is a corrupt DLL, but I just can't
think where to look for something that just makes a program vanish as if
it had been closed down, except faster.

Matt

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Unicorn,

You did already create a complete new project?

And see what that does than?

Cor

[Unicorn]

Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:

Unicorn,

You did already create a complete new project?

And see what that does than?

Cor

Cor,
I think I have figured it out.
The system volume was basically full. :~S
Freeing up a couple of gig on that volume appears to have cured the
problem. I still fail to understand the why and wherefore, but I will
just accept that it fixed it.

Matt