outlook express

[Dan]

I"m not too sure I'm in the right place, but I
desperately need help in figuring out what is wrong with
my outlook express, which is what I use for my e-mail
service. Recently it has been taking a relatively long
time to load and open up, so today I ran Norton's Speed
Disk and emptied my cache and cookies hoping that this
would correct the problem. Unfortunately this really
didn't help and I don't know what else to do. (I'm
running HE XP,P4, 2G with 512MB which used to be pretty
quick)I'd appreciate any help, either with a solution or
directions to another source which might be able to help
me. thanks...

[Jon]

"Dan" > wrote in message =
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> I"m not too sure I'm in the right place, but I=20
> desperately need help in figuring out what is wrong with=20
> my outlook express, which is what I use for my e-mail=20
> service. Recently it has been taking a relatively long=20
> time to load and open up, so today I ran Norton's Speed=20
> Disk and emptied my cache and cookies hoping that this=20
> would correct the problem. Unfortunately this really=20
> didn't help and I don't know what else to do. (I'm=20
> running HE XP,P4, 2G with 512MB which used to be pretty=20
> quick)I'd appreciate any help, either with a solution or=20
> directions to another source which might be able to help=20
> me. thanks...

Try doing a System Restore to when it did work the way you liked.=20
Start\Program\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore

Hopefully this just began within the past few days, maybe you can go =
back a week. The restore is reversible.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Have you disabled or removed Windows Messenger? If so, in OE go to Tools,
Options, and on the General tab, uncheck the option to Automatically log on
to Windows Messenger.

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"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> I"m not too sure I'm in the right place, but I
> desperately need help in figuring out what is wrong with
> my outlook express, which is what I use for my e-mail
> service. Recently it has been taking a relatively long
> time to load and open up, so today I ran Norton's Speed
> Disk and emptied my cache and cookies hoping that this
> would correct the problem. Unfortunately this really
> didn't help and I don't know what else to do. (I'm
> running HE XP,P4, 2G with 512MB which used to be pretty
> quick)I'd appreciate any help, either with a solution or
> directions to another source which might be able to help
> me. thanks...

[David]

1. Empy your folders as much as possible.
2. Under Edit: empty the deleted items folder.
3. Under File/ Folder/ Compact All folders.

If the folders are too full and not compacted, the program will take
a long time to open.

David


On Sat, 24 May 2003 15:22:13 -0700, "Dan" > wrote:

>I"m not too sure I'm in the right place, but I
>desperately need help in figuring out what is wrong with
>my outlook express, which is what I use for my e-mail
>service. Recently it has been taking a relatively long
>time to load and open up, so today I ran Norton's Speed
>Disk and emptied my cache and cookies hoping that this
>would correct the problem. Unfortunately this really
>didn't help and I don't know what else to do. (I'm
>running HE XP,P4, 2G with 512MB which used to be pretty
>quick)I'd appreciate any help, either with a solution or
>directions to another source which might be able to help
>me. thanks...

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Dan" > wrote in message

> I"m not too sure I'm in the right place, but I
> desperately need help in figuring out what is wrong with
> my outlook express, which is what I use for my e-mail
> service. Recently it has been taking a relatively long
> time to load and open up, so today I ran Norton's Speed
> Disk and emptied my cache and cookies hoping that this
> would correct the problem. Unfortunately this really
> didn't help and I don't know what else to do. (I'm
> running HE XP,P4, 2G with 512MB which used to be pretty
> quick)I'd appreciate any help, either with a solution or
> directions to another source which might be able to help
> me. thanks...

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

Several possible causes:

Make sure that your anti-virus is not set to scan email.

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 some users, mostly 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

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://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe5/problems/performance.htm

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