I have a group of labels and textboxes all nicely arranged in a group box. If I switch from the form designer to the code designer and then back to the form designer, some of the textboxes seem to creep downward by a pixel or two. If I examine their location properties, I see that they have changed, and I am constantly having to set them back to their original positions. I tried locking all the controls, but it makes no difference. This problem seems related to another similar problem I am having, and that is that sometimes (about 50% of the time), when switching from the code editor back to the form designer, the form designer seems to "reset" itself, which on my ancient (3-year old) machine, takes 20-30 seconds and annoys the heck out of me. The biggest frustration with this is that I have several tab controls on my form. If I happen to be working on a particular tab other than the first tab, and the form designer "resets" itself, then it defaults back to the first tab, and I have to switch back to the tab I was working on. As of yet, I have not figured out what triggers the form designer to reset itself, and why it only happens about half the time. The "control creep" symptom only occurs (I think) when the form designer resets itself.

Does anyone have a clue as to why either of these things are happening and how I can fix it? I am using Visual Studio.NET Professional 2003.