I think I'm using the bundled jre; i haven't fiddled with anything that would point me to the contrary. It seems like the problem doesn't always occur for individual requests, but rather in long test cases; as the test goes further on soapUI seems to just seize up on regular expression assertions and take looong periods of time (but the Contains not using regex still go by quickly).
Here's my system properties (below). Thank you.
GRE_HOME=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/xulrunner-windows
apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
com.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name=SoapUI
exe4j.consoleCodepage=cp0
exe4j.isInstall4j=true
exe4j.launchName=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1.exe
exe4j.moduleName=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1.exe
exe4j.semaphoreName=c:_program files_eviware_soapui-pro-3.0.1_bin_soapui-pro-3.0.1.exe0
exe4j.tempDir=
exe4j.unextractedPosition=0
file.encoding=Cp1252
file.encoding.pkg=sun.io
file.separator=\
install4j.appDir=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\
install4j.exeDir=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\
java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
java.awt.printerjob=sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
java.class.path=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\.install4j\i4jruntime.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\bin\soapui-pro-3.0.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\activation-1.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\bcprov-jdk15-143.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\binding-2.0.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-cli-1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-codec-1.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-collections-3.2.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-digester-1.7.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-httpclient-3.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-io-1.3.2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-lang-2.4.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\commons-logging-1.1.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\ext-xmlbeans-1.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\ezmorph-1.0.5.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\forms-1.0.7.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\groovy-all-1.6.4.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\idw-1.5.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\itext-2.1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\j2ee-xmlbeans-1.4.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jasperreports-3.5.2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\javamail-1.4.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jcalendar-1.3.2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jcommon-1.0.16.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jetty-6.1.15.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jetty-util-6.1.15.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jfreechart-1.0.13.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jniwrap-3.7.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\js-1.7R2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\json-lib-2.2.2-jdk15.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jsr173_1.0_api-xmlbeans-2.4.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jtidy-r820.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\junit-4.4.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jxbrowser-1.3.21478.301.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\jxl-2.6.10.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\l2fprod-common-directorychooser-7.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\l2fprod-common-fontchooser-7.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\license4j-1.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\log4j-1.2.14.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\looks-2.2.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\MozillaGlue-jxbrowser-1.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\MozillaInterfaces-jxbrowser-1.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\netcomponents-1.3.8a.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\not-yet-commons-ssl-0.3.10.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\opencsv-1.8.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\opensaml-1.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\policy-xmlbeans-1.5.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\reports-1.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\rsyntaxtextarea-1.3.4.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\saxon-9.1.0.6j.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\saxon-dom-9.1.0.6j.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\serializer-2.7.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\soap-xmlbeans-1.2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\soapui-3.0.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\soapui-coverage-xmlbeans-3.0.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\soapui-xmlbeans-3.0.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\swingx-soapui.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\tuxpack-0.2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\wadl-xmlbeans-1.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\winpack-3.7.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\wsdl4j-1.6.2-fixed.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\wss4j-1.5.8.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xalan-2.7.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xbean-fixed-2.4.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xbean_xpath-2.4.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xml-apis-2.9.1.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xmlpublic-2.4.0.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xmlsec-1.4.3.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xmlunit-1.2.jar;C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin\..\lib\xom-1.1.jar;
java.class.version=50.0
java.endorsed.dirs=c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\endorsed
java.ext.dirs=c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\ext;C:\WINNT\Sun\Java\lib\ext
java.home=c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre
java.io.tmpdir=C:\DOCUME~1\admathe\LOCALS~1\Temp\
java.library.path=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/bin
java.runtime.name=Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
java.runtime.version=1.6.0_14-b08
java.specification.name=Java Platform API Specification
java.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.specification.version=1.6
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.url=
http://java.sun.com/java.vendor.url.bug=
http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgijava.version=1.6.0_14
java.vm.info=mixed mode
java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification
java.vm.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.specification.version=1.0
java.vm.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vm.version=14.0-b16
line.separator=
os.arch=x86
os.name=Windows XP
os.version=5.1
path.separator=;
soapui.ext.actions=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/bin/actions
soapui.ext.libraries=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/bin/ext
soapui.ext.listeners=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/bin/listeners
soapui.home=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/bin
soapui.properties=soapui.properties
sun.arch.data.model=32
sun.boot.class.path=c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\resources.jar;c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\rt.jar;c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\jsse.jar;c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\jce.jar;c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\lib\charsets.jar;c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\classes
sun.boot.library.path=c:\program files\eviware\soapui-pro-3.0.1\jre\bin
sun.cpu.endian=little
sun.cpu.isalist=pentium_pro+mmx pentium_pro pentium+mmx pentium i486 i386 i86
sun.desktop=windows
sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeLittle
sun.jnu.encoding=Cp1252
sun.management.compiler=HotSpot Client Compiler
sun.os.patch.level=Service Pack 3
user.country=US
user.dir=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1\bin
user.home=C:\Documents and Settings\admathe
user.language=en
user.name=admathe
user.timezone=America/Los_Angeles
user.variant=
wsi.dir=C:\Program Files\eviware\soapUI-Pro-3.0.1/wsi-test-tools
