tim
Sun Jun 08 20:48:36 PDT 2008
thanks for your help. i have used custom folders for many years now. i
rarely compact messages until outlook suggests it. i don't virus scan email
but will try an uninstall and customise it to prevent email scanning from
the get-go (i know it was on by default when first installed and i had to
turn it off manually). will post results when i get a chance...
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eB13Rv3xIHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> If you close OE and then reopen, is it faster the second time? Whether it
> is, or isn't, if you haven't already done so.............
>
> 1: Do not archive mail in default OE folders, Inbox, Sent Items, etc., as
> they will eventually become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders
> for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
> regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as
> empty as is feasible.
>
> 2: After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
> working *offline* and do it often.
>
> Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
> open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
> Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
> until the compacting is completed.
>
> 3: Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
> layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems
> such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program
> will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
>
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>
> For some programs, turning it off is not enough. You may have to uninstall
> it and reinstall in Custom Mode and opt out of e-mail scanning when
> offered.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "tim harrison" <timharrison@punkass.com> wrote in message
> news:g2a62m$g4u$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
>> thanx for that - i've replaced the imagehlp.dll file, and it seems to
>> have prevented the super-long load times, but it still takes maybe 20
>> seconds for the right-hand panels to open. i can live with that.
>>
>> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in
>> message news:A49A55AE-A950-4589-8320-D2540BEED282@microsoft.com...
>>> "tim harrison" <timharrison@punkass.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g25f7a$la2$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
>>>> ...90% of the time OE takes about a minute to load fully. i get the
>>>> folder panels on the left immediately, but the header list and preview
>>>> windows can take forever. running xp sp2. eset smart security. 10% of
>>>> the time everything opens instantly. both scenarios happen with nothing
>>>> else running.
>>>>
>>>
>>> See
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/performance.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
>>> Do not reply with email
>>
>>
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