Neptune's "Chamomile tea" timeout area ... in search for effective and simple solutions. Please note that my new technology focused blog is at http://blogs.msdn.com/willy-peter_schaub
Have a look at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=Hotfix%2ctfs if you are using TFS ... there may be a hot fix or two that is applicable to your environment.