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Title: Dataset Designer extremely slow on Windows Vista
Description: The Dataset Designer appears extremely slow on Windows Vista.
This is due to a change in the way Windows Vista supports Windows painting
and renders the designer mostly unusable.
Work Around: None
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Taken from
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa964140.aspx
given this is a apinting issue is this problem likely to occur on other
apps? both dot net and pre dot net?
guy