Using Visual Studio 2010 on Windows XP? Make your VS run faster

Welcome, September! In case you are still using Windows XP on (some) of your development machine(s) and have already started to work with Visual Studio 2010, then there's a tip worth checking out: Microsoft's Knowledge Base article #981741.

This article, promisingly titled "Visual Studio 2010 runs faster when the Windows Automation API 3.0 is installed" reminds you to install Windows Automation API 3.0. This update, not present natively on Windows XP, can significantly decrease the speed of IntelliSense, for instance.

Download links for the updates are provided in the KB article.