title: Visual Studio .NET 2003 on Windows 7 hangs on search
body: <p>So I have Visual Studio 2003 running on Windows 7 - yeah I am aware it isn't officially supported - and no, unfortunately I can't change that situation :-(</p>
  
  <p>For the most part it works OK but I have a specific problem, that I can't figure out. The application hangs if you do a project wide search (Ctrl - Shift - F) for a string. </p>
  
  <p>I have a reasonably powerful machine and all the other heavy tasks like compiling and debugging all work fine. It also works if I restrict the search to the current document (Ctrl - F). I am running it as administrator and VS.NET 2003 SP1 has been applied.</p>
  
  <p>The size of the project does not seem to be a problem since a colleague is also experiencing this issue for a single project solution containing 5 pages. </p>
  
  <p>I am currently using Windows Search as a work-around and I was wondering if there is something I missed that I should try.</p>