Visual Studio 2010 freezes when attaching to a process for debugging. Why?

Question

I recently installed Windows 7 64 bit and Visual Studio 2010 on my new laptop. However the computer hangs (OS freezes + mouse freezes + Visual Studio) for a good 3-5 seconds when Visual Studio attaches to the process. This is really annoying. What is really strange is that this is not happening on my slow 4 year old laptop which run Windows 7 32 bit and Visual Studio 2010...

To fix this issue on my new laptop I tried many thing:

• New empty project (still freezes)
• Delete all breakpoints (still freezes)
• Disable Intellitrace (still freezes)
• Reinstall Windows 7 64bit without Dell drivers (still freezes)
• No symbols from a network share (still freezes)

Am I the only one to have that issue with Visual Studio 2010? Have you been able to fix it? If so, how did you do it?

Answer 1

I also have the same problem, the OS freezes forever and i have to restart it. whenever i try to open any dialog it freezes.

i have vs 2010 ultimate with WCF RIA Services tools installed.

i will try to uninstall it and give it a try