Is it my PC or VB causing this problem?

[DarkPhoenix]

I am using a code example to learn from posted in the description of this video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D-JuLRSqQ0

This is a simple web browser using the Gecko engine. This download has the project files and all the resources.

If I run the browser on my windows XP 32 bit machine with VB Express 2008 (F5 or debug) it has a slight delay then opens.

If I run it from my Windows 7 64 bit system, from the 64 bit version of VB Express it takes a solid 3 minutes to load.

At first I thought it just didn't work but I was eating dinner ignoring the screen and noticed after what seemed like a long time the program finally loaded.

I need to know what is going on here because if it is a pc problem that needs fixing this will put a hamper on my app testing.. I won't get true results. If its a VB problem related to win 7 or 64 bit, I need to understand this also.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Nightwalker83]

Are you using dual-boot WinXP/Win7?

[DarkPhoenix]

No I am not using a dual boot. I have XP Mode runnin in a virtual box, and XP pro installed on another system.. i have the same results in both XP versions.. the slight delay.. but cannot account for the long 3 minute delay of win 7 64 bit. ( and this is when nothing else is running in the background after a clean boot.)

[Nightwalker83]

I have downloaded the project that you linked to above! The Gecko browser loads from me within 5-10 seconds of pressing the play button in VB2008. Although, that is on my Vista 32bit Ultimate pc. Just about to install VB2008 on my Win7 Pro laptop to test it.

Edit:

Tried running the project on my laptop under Win 7 although, it came up with an error:

An error occurred creating the form. See Exception.InnerException for details. The error is: Could not load file or assembly 'Skybound.Gecko, Version=1.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3209ac31600d1857' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

[DarkPhoenix]

You know it's funny.. I get that error half the time in my Professional version and never in Express..( haven't tried Pro on the 32 bit OS yet) and the other half of the time when it does run it takes 3 minutes to get there.. I just kept trying it over and over and sometimes it would work and sometimes not. It's almost like the dll's are not being found or initialized right away.