I’m sure I’m the just the one millionth person to say this, but I dread pressing F1 that first time in Visual Studio 2005. It takes forever even when you turn off the internet related stuff. Why did they do this? VS 2003’s help was lightning fast. What were they thinking? I know with intellisense, you really don’t need to go to the help that often. But when you do, it shouldn’t be coffee break time.
PS. Thanks to Rich A we have a solution!

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August 2, 2007 at 10:24 am
Seems to be a bug with a workaround, though I can’t find any mention (yet) on any official MS forums. Try this: http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/archives/2007/03/visual_studio_h.html
June 17, 2009 at 6:52 am
The article can now be found at http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/visual-studio-help-941