I'm seeing a few different things in your notes. For one, it appears that Paul is recognizing this as a problem that is not yet under control. I wrote him recently regarding the same problem and he gave me the same response.
Secondly, you mention Kontact. Has that been isolated as a variable by others as well. Part of my problem instance includes Kontact.
Thirdly, the computer is another variable. From this thread it seems as if the MacPro is doing well, while the new iMac was not. Are computers making a difference?
I have a couple of iMacs and an older MacPro. One of the iMacs is the master. The other iMac is a slave. They are doing well. The problem is with the MacPro which has the larger bulk of VIs including Kontact VIs. Until just recently the MacPro was causing no problems at all.
I just went into VEP 7 and shut down the "power" to most of the VIs, but the problem still persists. It seems as if the only other thing to do is rebuilding the instances piece by piece to find the culprit. Any other suggestions?
It also seems this might be about time for an update to VEP to help solve this anomaly. Thanks!