On Jan 11, 2008 7:08 PM, Thomas C Sefranek wrote: > I foolishly loaded the new MPLAB 8.0 on my desktop and laptop. > Now the laptop (using damn Vista) will only run MPLAB debugger for a few > minutes. > (I'm halting, tracing code, looking at registers etc when it stops.) > > On my desktop computer (using XP) it runs longer but will still stop after > about an hour of debugging. > > And I notice EVERY debugging interaction now puts up a warning that the > processor is in use! Duh! > And it is DEADLY slow to finish building on either platform. > > What do you suggest? Try V8.01. If your computer is dual core type, try to run MPLAB with single core. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist