I have been looking at the suggestion raised here with some success:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlreportingservices/thread/0a517b0a-2e22-4e0e-ae32-4faddb8cefde

The column visibility does not appear to be an option. It is greyed out, maybe because it is a...

I have exactly the same problem and would appreciate any suggestions. In SSRS 2005, the group that contained the background colour was hidden and the matrix worked OK. In SSRS...

Excellent question.

Nice one.

This statement doesn't make sense to me:

"The default size for an mdf is 2MB and 1MB for an ldf, based on the model database".

It can't default to 2mb/1mb AND default...

They won't take my blood here in Australia because I lived in the UK during the Mad Cow Disease scare.

Amit's solution works a treat.

For more info on what causes the problem and why the fix works you could start by taking a look at:

http://blogs.msdn.com/michen/archive/2007/07/29/network-causing-ssis-package-startup-delays.aspx

I changed this option on the...