I have tip of the day at startup and the startup stops while the tip is up. I started VS2010 and the VS message box says "Prepairing Solution..." then the tip comes up and the VS message continues to look like it is doing something but isn't really. I just checked and it is still up. When I close the tip VS continues prepairing the solution. Can you make the Tip of the day modeless so that I can take my time reading it and not worry that I'm wasting time? Thanks