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... but the organizations installation of VS 2005 Team Suite has the ability to customize the menus disabled (or else there's something else going on), because I tried that, too. I could delete individual items from the sub-menu, but I couldn't remove the main menu items. Quite aggravating. Lukily (and this is a recommendation for everyone, regardless of how you're set up) I keep a backup copy of my settings for just such occasions. That way I can force the UI to reset all options, then reload my modifications from the backup. It appears to re-validate add-ins when it loads. - Toolsmith / comments

... but the organizations installation of VS 2005 Team Suite has the ability to customize the menus disabled (or else there's something else going on), because I tried that, too. I could delete ind...

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Since McCafee flagged CbEvtSvc.exe as being tied to the RedGate.Profiler process, I had assumed (don't go there) that it came in the MSI. Since that's not the case, I've opened a trouble ticket with our Network Operations to try to find out where this one came from (even if it was from something I did). They'll review logs to see if they can tell where it came from and run a network scan to see where else (if anywhere) it exists and is sitting dormant. You can see by this incident why NetOps really doesn't want us to kill the on-access scan. If it had been killed, I never would have seen this. Unfortunately in my development environment here, I'll just have to live with McCafee interfering with the I/O load. Since I'll be comparing the results, usability, and speed against v3 in the same environment, I think it's still a level playing field. I've run a full scan on my workstation and I'll be giving the beta yet another try! Thank you again for both your assistance and your diligence. Toolsmith / comments

Since McCafee flagged CbEvtSvc.exe as being tied to the RedGate.Profiler process, I had assumed (don't go there) that it came in the MSI. Since that's not the case, I've opened a trouble ticket wi...

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The problems I encountered were not with the profiler, but with the memory profiler so I retract my declaration that the beta is a failure. I have a new one for you on the profiler, but more on that in a sec. The program being profiled (when I ran the memory profiler) was designed with the intention that the user will always close the program (using the red X) rather than having some type of quit menu option (at this time I'd like to point out that this UI was *NOT* my design and, personally, I think it sucks!) Neither the window closing nor the window closed events are captured, so the application is simply closing with no exit code. You asked if I saw something like ... [and provided an example]. No, I saw nothing and there was no capture file. That was my concern since I would have expected, at least, a capture file telling me that nothing was captured or that an error condition had been encountered. Instead, I got a pop-up telling me that the program had terminated abnormally with nothing more than an OK button. I do have ANS Profiler 3 installed on my system, but I have never encountered this behavior with it, which seems odd since you stated that you haven't begun to rework the memory profiler. Now for the bad news. The agency that I work for (I'm a contractor) uses the McCafee VirusScan Enterprise product (version 8.0.0, scan engine 5300 patch 15) and it detected a program called CbEvtSvc.exe as a Trojan (BackDoor-DNM) belonging to the RedGate.Profile application and deleted it. This occurred during the on-access scan when I started Profiler. Now, I'm neither fond of nor impressed by the McCafee product (I prefer Trend-Micro) but it's the agency standard and they *really* don't take kindly to virus notifications (all notifications are sent to Network Operations as well as the workstation where they occurred). So now I get to fill out a lovely report on what I was doing, where I acquired the program, what was the installed base, etc., etc., etc. Because of this I will no longer be trying out the beta. Since the project that I'm on acquired Profiler 3 with a 3-year maintenance, I think I'll just wait for the final product. Thank you for your time and efforts and, contrary to the tone of this posting, I very much appreciate RedGate striving to make my life easier and I will happily continue to use your products until you're out of business or I find something better. Sincerely, The Toolsmith / comments

The problems I encountered were not with the profiler, but with the memory profiler so I retract my declaration that the beta is a failure. I have a new one for you on the profiler, but more on th...

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