oe takes a year to load

[The Cohens]

I can't exactly say when or how this started-- but Outlook Express takes
literally MINUTES to launch-- what could be causing this painful slowdown?

Additionally, how do I repair a font file? Anything that displays in Arial
displays in bold/italic????

Sorry for the 2 for 1 post but these are aggravating problems.

Thanks--

Terry

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

The Cohens wrote:
> I can't exactly say when or how this started-- but Outlook Express
> takes literally MINUTES to launch-- what could be causing this
> painful slowdown?
>
> Additionally, how do I repair a font file? Anything that displays in
> Arial displays in bold/italic????
>
> Sorry for the 2 for 1 post but these are aggravating problems.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Terry
A slow OE launch usually means there are either a huge number of e-mail
messages being stored and the messages should be deleted or archived or you
have a huge number of download newsgroup messages. You can try compacting
the newsgroup folders, right click the specific group, select properties, go
to local user and click compact.
--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"The Cohens" > wrote in message

> I can't exactly say when or how this started-- but Outlook Express
> takes literally MINUTES to launch-- what could be causing this
> painful slowdown?
>
> Additionally, how do I repair a font file? Anything that displays in
> Arial displays in bold/italic????
>
> Sorry for the 2 for 1 post but these are aggravating problems.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Terry

From: http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/oeslow.htm

Several possible causes:

Go to My Computer | Dial Up Networking and right click your connectoid.
Choose Properties | Server types and make sure that Log onto network is NOT
checked. NetBEUI and IPX/SPX should also not be checked.

Make sure that your anti-virus is set to check program files, not all files.

Create new folders to organize your mail and move everything out of the
Inbox. Then compact it with File | Folder | Compact while in the Inbox.

If you have (or ever installed) McAfee 4.03 extract imagehlp.dll from the
CAB files and put it in C:\Windows\System. If you installed or updated
IE/OE from the Microsoft pages you should find it in SETUPW95.CAB in
C:\Windows Update Setup Files. This problem may only occur if you upgraded
from an earlier version of McAfee.

For users on WinXP, when they remove windows messenger or just disable it
from starting up automatically they experience a great slow down when
launching Outlook express. Users who experience such a slow down will find a
error in the system error log saying The server
{FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the
required timeout. The solution this problem is quite simple. Just Open up
Regedit and search for the string {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} and
modify the keys InProc32 and LocalServer32 default key to a empty string.
After a reboot, Outlook Express will start up as quickly as possible. See:
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=108

If none of those fix the problem, rename pstores.exe, psbase.dll,
pstorec.dll and pstorerc.dll, then extract new copies from the CAB files.
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=251787

Another thing that has been reported to help is to click Tools | Internet
Options in Internet Explorer. Go to the Advanced tab and scroll down. Make
sure that Use SSL 2.0 and Use SSL 3.0 are checked.

See also:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/performance.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP
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