PC slows down when I get an incoming email
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From: PaulS on 13 May 2010 11:20 I am using Office 2003. Every time I get an incoming email message, my PC slows down so that I cannot do anything until Outlook does its sending/receiving. This could be seconds to several minutes. I have 1.24 GB of memory on a Compaq Presario Pentium 2.93 GHz CPU. I have tried Outlook's "Detect and Repair." I have defragmented my hard drive but I still have this problem. I have 995,436 KB in my Inbox (one year of email). All old email has been archived. I have 6,003,180 KB in Outlook folders (my electronic filing cabinet). Back in the 1990's we were told that offices were going paperless and that we should store everything on computers and servers. Is Outlook not powerful enough to store large amounts of data and work at the same time? Please tell me I am not alone with this annoying slow down problem.
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 13 May 2010 12:23
"PaulS" <PaulS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F5ACD0F-B3C3-4175-A814-1CB128504DDB(a)microsoft.com... > Back in the 1990's we were told that offices were going paperless and that > we should store everything on computers and servers. Is Outlook not > powerful > enough to store large amounts of data and work at the same time? Please > tell > me I am not alone with this annoying slow down problem. Outlook is fully capable of storing as much data as your hard drive will hold. You may not be alone, but it's not a systemic problem with Outlook because not everyone sees that problem. If you start Outlook in safe mode (hold Ctrl when you start it), does the same thing occur? If not, check your add-ins. Also, if you have your antivirus program configured to integrate with Outlook, uninstall it completely and reinstall it without the mail scanning feature. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |