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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
4. Regarding turning off my anti-virus filtering of emails as they come in - that sounds irresponsible in the extreme! Not permanently. Just as an experiment, to see what impact it has on performance. If Norton turns out to be the biggest culprit, you could seek another anti virus solution. Unlikely because I am already using 3 different anti-virus programs on 3 differnet machines, and they are ALL dog slow when Outlook downloads! Strangely Outlook almost never seems to take up much PROCESSOR time - even when it's compacting! (which can take a while after you delete fat attachments...). RAM doesnt seem very full. And the hard disk doesnt SOUND like it's being thrashed... So I'm at a loss to know where the bottleneck actually is. But my PC has been compacting for the last 10 minutes and yes CPU usage hasnt risen about 7-10%! Ship Shiperton Henethe |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
Brian Your eyes, the sender, and the subject of the message should suffice. Please explain Ship Shiperton Henethe |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
Roady [MVP] wrote: 1) In a way it is answered; it is not processor intensive so you are fine on this level. Is there any (low-cost) utility out there to help me work out where the heck the utility is? Ship |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
Hi - thanks for all the feedback folks - OP here. 1. No one has told me whether/how much a second processor would help in practice Based on the specs you published, I doubt going dial core would speed things up much. It would however, allow you to multitask more effectively. Ah-ha - so would it allow me to run other applications (e.g. Dreamweaver 8, Xara Xtreme etc) faster at the same time as Outlook? Ship |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
What are you talking about? What do you want to do with what?
-- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more ----- "ship" wrote in message oups.com... Roady [MVP] wrote: 1) In a way it is answered; it is not processor intensive so you are fine on this level. Is there any (low-cost) utility out there to help me work out where the heck the utility is? Ship |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
ship wrote:
Your eyes, the sender, and the subject of the message should suffice. Please explain When you examine a message, if you don't recognize the sender, delete the message. When you examine a message, if the subject contains a clear adverisement or multiple misspelled words, delete the message. When you examine a message, if it contains an attachment you weren't expecting, delete the message. -- Brian Tillman |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
It's not processor or RAM intensive. The sound of your hard disk isn't an
accurate way to measure bottlenecks. Performance Monitor is the tool for that. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more ----- "ship" wrote in message oups.com... 4. Regarding turning off my anti-virus filtering of emails as they come in - that sounds irresponsible in the extreme! Not permanently. Just as an experiment, to see what impact it has on performance. If Norton turns out to be the biggest culprit, you could seek another anti virus solution. Unlikely because I am already using 3 different anti-virus programs on 3 differnet machines, and they are ALL dog slow when Outlook downloads! Strangely Outlook almost never seems to take up much PROCESSOR time - even when it's compacting! (which can take a while after you delete fat attachments...). RAM doesnt seem very full. And the hard disk doesnt SOUND like it's being thrashed... So I'm at a loss to know where the bottleneck actually is. But my PC has been compacting for the last 10 minutes and yes CPU usage hasnt risen about 7-10%! Ship Shiperton Henethe |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
In general; yes. There are also processors which are optimized for gaming,
while others are for more targeted towards editing graphics other type of multimedia or business applications. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more ----- "ship" wrote in message oups.com... Hi - thanks for all the feedback folks - OP here. 1. No one has told me whether/how much a second processor would help in practice Based on the specs you published, I doubt going dial core would speed things up much. It would however, allow you to multitask more effectively. Ah-ha - so would it allow me to run other applications (e.g. Dreamweaver 8, Xara Xtreme etc) faster at the same time as Outlook? Ship |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
I want to be able to see where the bottle neck actually is. Like I say Outlook currently cripples my PC's speed whilst it's downloading emails and more or less stops me doing anything else at the same time - BUT it doesnt appear to be using much processor time, nor much RAM, nor writing to the hard disk much! There *IS* a bottleneck, but I'm damned if I can see where it's happening. Ship What are you talking about? What do you want to do with what? -- Roady [MVP] wrote: 1) In a way it is answered; it is not processor intensive so you are fine on this level. Is there any (low-cost) utility out there to help me work out where the heck the utility is? Ship |
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Best way to _SPEED UP_ Outlook2003 ? (e.g. More RAM, Dual processors...?)
Your eyes, the sender, and the subject of the message should suffice. Please explain When you examine a message, if you don't recognize the sender, delete the message. When you examine a message, if the subject contains a clear adverisement or multiple misspelled words, delete the message. When you examine a message, if it contains an attachment you weren't expecting, delete the message. Sounds great. Now all I need is a single outlook rule that does all the above...! Ship Shiperton Henethe |
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