Complaining Studio 2005 Text Editor too slow?

Probably this fix can help: go to Tools->Options->Text Editor->C#->General and unchecking the “Navigation bar” option and "WordWrap". It seems there is some issues with the navigation bar.

Build Project Templates Using Visual Studio 2005

Found two good articles about creating project templates in VS 2005.

Speed Up with Project Templates Using Visual Studio 2005 - Part 2

Speed Up with Project Templates Using Visual Studio 2005 - Part 3