update: Caleb pointed out that while they were using the RTM of VS2005, they were using the CTP of another product that ties in with VS so hopefully that was the problem update #2: ok I've been using it quite extensively now, and havn't had much of those problems so it looks like those problems were from the other installed CTP.

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