FIX: Visual SourceSafe Slows as It Increases Processor Usage

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Applications might run slower as system processor usage jumps to nearly 100 percent when the Visual SourceSafe Explorer is loaded.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual SourceSafe 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Load the Windows System Monitor.



2. Make note of the current processor usage.



3. Load the Visual SourceSafe Explorer, and minimize it. Notice that the processor usage jumps to about 100 percent.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400bug kbSSafe500 kbSSafe500fix
Version : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug