Outlook 2007 RTM still slow

If you use Outlook for RSS feeds, there is something else you can try to
improve performance and lower the memory footprint.
Outlook asked you to sync the RSS feed list with the IE7 maintained
system feed list when you opened it for the first time. Unfortunately if
you selected to sync them, all the XML for all your feeds will be loaded
into memory and will be there at all times (this has to do with how IE7
handles this). If you have many feeds or some big ones, this can be a
serious issue.
If you don't use IE7 for RSS feeds, disable it right away.
If you use IE7 for RSS feeds, disable it and only enable it from time to
time to let the lists sync. Syncing btw means that only additions are
synced. If you remove a feed from Outlook or IE7, this is not reflected
in the other program.
You can change the setting with Tools, Options, Other, Advanced Options,
"Sync RSS Feeds to the Common Systems Feed List".

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I've installed Outlook 2007 with great expectations. Unfortunately,
there are performance issues that are pretty much rendering it useless
to me.

Just to note, I'm on a brand new Core 2 Duo T7400, XP sp2 install, so
it's not hardware or legacy XP junk slowing me down.

When I start Outlook, it takes ~30 seconds before I am able to perform
any action.

When email is being received, Outlook freezes. If I'm composing an
email at the time, I can no longer type. If I'm trying to view or
delete other email, no luck. I have 5 email accounts, so the freezing
is around 12-15 seconds every 2 minutes. If I'm receiving a file, the
freezing lasts longer.

Deleting more than a few items from my inbox often freezes things too.

Not to mention it's using 100MB of memory.

I heard that the Beta had similar problems, looks like it made it into
RTM. Does anyone know a fix (besides reinstalling oulook 2003).




Z

I've been using the final version of Outlook 2007 from MSDN for a few
days now, and I have to say, it's driving me crazy. I have just one POP
box set up, but about a 2GB pst file. It just crawls and takes up to 30
seconds to preview messages sometimes, and about every 30 to 45
seconds, my entire computer comes screeching to a halt, and can't do
anything.

I went through and disabled all add-ins that I could find, except for
Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging, and I don't have the desktop
search enabled either. I've got Norton Antivirus also disabled to no
avail.

I'm trying to archive some of my old messages now to see if that helps,
but it seems odd to me that it would slow down the entire computer, not
just Outlook. I have a Pentium 4 2.6GHz HT processor, 2.5GB of RAM and
plenty of disk space to spare, so I don't think it's a system resource
issue.

I never had these problems with Outlook 2003.

Any ideas?

Read all the suggestions I posted in this thread.
You have only ONE POP account?

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" wrote in message
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I've been using the final version of Outlook 2007 from MSDN for a few
days now, and I have to say, it's driving me crazy. I have just one POP
box set up, but about a 2GB pst file. It just crawls and takes up to 30
seconds to preview messages sometimes, and about every 30 to 45
seconds, my entire computer comes screeching to a halt, and can't do
anything.

I went through and disabled all add-ins that I could find, except for
Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging, and I don't have the desktop
search enabled either. I've got Norton Antivirus also disabled to no
avail.

I'm trying to archive some of my old messages now to see if that helps,
but it seems odd to me that it would slow down the entire computer, not
just Outlook. I have a Pentium 4 2.6GHz HT processor, 2.5GB of RAM and
plenty of disk space to spare, so I don't think it's a system resource
issue.

I never had these problems with Outlook 2003.

Any ideas?

Yeah, I've only got one POP account, I've tried running in Safe Mode,
Anti-virus disabled and defragging, and none of these have helped.

However, I've just finished archiving a bunch of messages, and seeing
some significant performance enhancement. I'll post back if I continue
to have problems, but it appears to have been an issue with the number
of messages or size of my .pst file.

Patrick Schmid [MVP] wrote:
Read all the suggestions I posted in this thread.
You have only ONE POP account?

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" wrote in message
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I've been using the final version of Outlook 2007 from MSDN for a few
days now, and I have to say, it's driving me crazy. I have just one POP
box set up, but about a 2GB pst file. It just crawls and takes up to 30
seconds to preview messages sometimes, and about every 30 to 45
seconds, my entire computer comes screeching to a halt, and can't do
anything.

I went through and disabled all add-ins that I could find, except for
Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging, and I don't have the desktop
search enabled either. I've got Norton Antivirus also disabled to no
avail.

I'm trying to archive some of my old messages now to see if that helps,
but it seems odd to me that it would slow down the entire computer, not
just Outlook. I have a Pentium 4 2.6GHz HT processor, 2.5GB of RAM and
plenty of disk space to spare, so I don't think it's a system resource
issue.

I never had these problems with Outlook 2003.

Any ideas?

Message number... PST size doesn't matter i found out...

Went from 90.000 way down here, to get it working :-(

A.

" wrote:

Yeah, I've only got one POP account, I've tried running in Safe Mode,
Anti-virus disabled and defragging, and none of these have helped.

However, I've just finished archiving a bunch of messages, and seeing
some significant performance enhancement. I'll post back if I continue
to have problems, but it appears to have been an issue with the number
of messages or size of my .pst file.

Patrick Schmid [MVP] wrote:
Read all the suggestions I posted in this thread.
You have only ONE POP account?

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" wrote in message
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I've been using the final version of Outlook 2007 from MSDN for a few
days now, and I have to say, it's driving me crazy. I have just one POP
box set up, but about a 2GB pst file. It just crawls and takes up to 30
seconds to preview messages sometimes, and about every 30 to 45
seconds, my entire computer comes screeching to a halt, and can't do
anything.

I went through and disabled all add-ins that I could find, except for
Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging, and I don't have the desktop
search enabled either. I've got Norton Antivirus also disabled to no
avail.

I'm trying to archive some of my old messages now to see if that helps,
but it seems odd to me that it would slow down the entire computer, not
just Outlook. I have a Pentium 4 2.6GHz HT processor, 2.5GB of RAM and
plenty of disk space to spare, so I don't think it's a system resource
issue.

I never had these problems with Outlook 2003.

Any ideas?

You are not the only one. This is a problem that has existed since the early
Beta. I hoped it would be addressed in the Beta2 Refresh, but was not. Now,
i'm shocked to see it ended up in the RTM. Do a google search, you'll see
several people complaining about this.

I personally use Outlook on a daily basis, and since installing the OL2007
RTM, i can't get anything done. I've had to set SEND/RECEIVE interval to
every 30 minutes, down from the usual 2 minutes... like everyone here has
reported, my hard drive goes nuts when messages arrive. Deleting messages is
also a task. Switching folders can take up to a minute. It's like the product
is still in beta.

Disabling AV programs, etc won't help. Compacting the PST, defragging, etc
won't help either. I've read some people "improved" performance by archiving
a large chunk of their messages. I find this to be a lazy solution at best.
My PST size is 1.5GB... it's unacceptable to me to think that Outlook can not
handle a 1.5GB PST file, when the 2000, XP, and 2003 versions handled it just
fine.

I'm no Microsoft hater, but i can't believe they would leave this problem
unchecked.

" wrote:



I've installed Outlook 2007 with great expectations. Unfortunately,
there are performance issues that are pretty much rendering it useless
to me.

Just to note, I'm on a brand new Core 2 Duo T7400, XP sp2 install, so
it's not hardware or legacy XP junk slowing me down.

When I start Outlook, it takes ~30 seconds before I am able to perform
any action.

When email is being received, Outlook freezes. If I'm composing an
email at the time, I can no longer type. If I'm trying to view or
delete other email, no luck. I have 5 email accounts, so the freezing
is around 12-15 seconds every 2 minutes. If I'm receiving a file, the
freezing lasts longer.

Deleting more than a few items from my inbox often freezes things too.

Not to mention it's using 100MB of memory.

I heard that the Beta had similar problems, looks like it made it into
RTM. Does anyone know a fix (besides reinstalling oulook 2003).




Z

See the other suggestions in this thread, especially the one related to
the number of message items.

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"Johnny" wrote in message
:

You are not the only one. This is a problem that has existed since the early
Beta. I hoped it would be addressed in the Beta2 Refresh, but was not. Now,
i'm shocked to see it ended up in the RTM. Do a google search, you'll see
several people complaining about this.

I personally use Outlook on a daily basis, and since installing the OL2007
RTM, i can't get anything done. I've had to set SEND/RECEIVE interval to
every 30 minutes, down from the usual 2 minutes... like everyone here has
reported, my hard drive goes nuts when messages arrive. Deleting messages is
also a task. Switching folders can take up to a minute. It's like the product
is still in beta.

Disabling AV programs, etc won't help. Compacting the PST, defragging, etc
won't help either. I've read some people "improved" performance by archiving
a large chunk of their messages. I find this to be a lazy solution at best.
My PST size is 1.5GB... it's unacceptable to me to think that Outlook can not
handle a 1.5GB PST file, when the 2000, XP, and 2003 versions handled it just
fine.

I'm no Microsoft hater, but i can't believe they would leave this problem
unchecked.

" wrote:



I've installed Outlook 2007 with great expectations. Unfortunately,
there are performance issues that are pretty much rendering it useless
to me.

Just to note, I'm on a brand new Core 2 Duo T7400, XP sp2 install, so
it's not hardware or legacy XP junk slowing me down.

When I start Outlook, it takes ~30 seconds before I am able to perform
any action.

When email is being received, Outlook freezes. If I'm composing an
email at the time, I can no longer type. If I'm trying to view or
delete other email, no luck. I have 5 email accounts, so the freezing
is around 12-15 seconds every 2 minutes. If I'm receiving a file, the
freezing lasts longer.

Deleting more than a few items from my inbox often freezes things too.

Not to mention it's using 100MB of memory.

I heard that the Beta had similar problems, looks like it made it into
RTM. Does anyone know a fix (besides reinstalling oulook 2003).




Z

Hopefuly someone from MS support will address this... since well I did tell
my co-worker NOT to upgrade his Outlook, since he has way over 100.000
messages... it will hog his machine... MS should address this as urgent, even
tho Outlook isn't shipping soon to ordinary people (non MSDN subscribers,
etc...) but this will sooner or later make a big boom.

A.

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:

See the other suggestions in this thread, especially the one related to
the number of message items.

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
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"Johnny" wrote in message
:

You are not the only one. This is a problem that has existed since the early
Beta. I hoped it would be addressed in the Beta2 Refresh, but was not. Now,
i'm shocked to see it ended up in the RTM. Do a google search, you'll see
several people complaining about this.

I personally use Outlook on a daily basis, and since installing the OL2007
RTM, i can't get anything done. I've had to set SEND/RECEIVE interval to
every 30 minutes, down from the usual 2 minutes... like everyone here has
reported, my hard drive goes nuts when messages arrive. Deleting messages is
also a task. Switching folders can take up to a minute. It's like the product
is still in beta.

Disabling AV programs, etc won't help. Compacting the PST, defragging, etc
won't help either. I've read some people "improved" performance by archiving
a large chunk of their messages. I find this to be a lazy solution at best.
My PST size is 1.5GB... it's unacceptable to me to think that Outlook can not
handle a 1.5GB PST file, when the 2000, XP, and 2003 versions handled it just
fine.

I'm no Microsoft hater, but i can't believe they would leave this problem
unchecked.

" wrote:



I've installed Outlook 2007 with great expectations. Unfortunately,
there are performance issues that are pretty much rendering it useless
to me.

Just to note, I'm on a brand new Core 2 Duo T7400, XP sp2 install, so
it's not hardware or legacy XP junk slowing me down.

When I start Outlook, it takes ~30 seconds before I am able to perform
any action.

When email is being received, Outlook freezes. If I'm composing an
email at the time, I can no longer type. If I'm trying to view or
delete other email, no luck. I have 5 email accounts, so the freezing
is around 12-15 seconds every 2 minutes. If I'm receiving a file, the
freezing lasts longer.

Deleting more than a few items from my inbox often freezes things too.

Not to mention it's using 100MB of memory.

I heard that the Beta had similar problems, looks like it made it into
RTM. Does anyone know a fix (besides reinstalling oulook 2003).




Z

How would you like to see MS Support address this?

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"Ales Susnik" wrote in message
:

Hopefuly someone from MS support will address this... since well I did tell
my co-worker NOT to upgrade his Outlook, since he has way over 100.000
messages... it will hog his machine... MS should address this as urgent, even
tho Outlook isn't shipping soon to ordinary people (non MSDN subscribers,
etc...) but this will sooner or later make a big boom.

A.

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:

See the other suggestions in this thread, especially the one related to
the number of message items.

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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"Johnny" wrote in message
:

You are not the only one. This is a problem that has existed since the early
Beta. I hoped it would be addressed in the Beta2 Refresh, but was not. Now,
i'm shocked to see it ended up in the RTM. Do a google search, you'll see
several people complaining about this.

I personally use Outlook on a daily basis, and since installing the OL2007
RTM, i can't get anything done. I've had to set SEND/RECEIVE interval to
every 30 minutes, down from the usual 2 minutes... like everyone here has
reported, my hard drive goes nuts when messages arrive. Deleting messages is
also a task. Switching folders can take up to a minute. It's like the product
is still in beta.

Disabling AV programs, etc won't help. Compacting the PST, defragging, etc
won't help either. I've read some people "improved" performance by archiving
a large chunk of their messages. I find this to be a lazy solution at best.
My PST size is 1.5GB... it's unacceptable to me to think that Outlook can not
handle a 1.5GB PST file, when the 2000, XP, and 2003 versions handled it just
fine.

I'm no Microsoft hater, but i can't believe they would leave this problem
unchecked.

" wrote:



I've installed Outlook 2007 with great expectations. Unfortunately,
there are performance issues that are pretty much rendering it useless
to me.

Just to note, I'm on a brand new Core 2 Duo T7400, XP sp2 install, so
it's not hardware or legacy XP junk slowing me down.

When I start Outlook, it takes ~30 seconds before I am able to perform
any action.

When email is being received, Outlook freezes. If I'm composing an
email at the time, I can no longer type. If I'm trying to view or
delete other email, no luck. I have 5 email accounts, so the freezing
is around 12-15 seconds every 2 minutes. If I'm receiving a file, the
freezing lasts longer.

Deleting more than a few items from my inbox often freezes things too.

Not to mention it's using 100MB of memory.

I heard that the Beta had similar problems, looks like it made it into
RTM. Does anyone know a fix (besides reinstalling oulook 2003).




Z

I have a few questions for everyone who has reported performance issues:
1. Do you only use POP accounts?
2. How many emails do you download at once?
3. Do you use rules that distribute the messages across multiple
folders? If yes, how many rules and how many folders are you
distributing things across?
4. If you switch off all rules, does the performance get better? (You
can distribute the messages afterwards from the Inbox by running the
rules over the Inbox).

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
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" wrote in message
oups.com:

I've installed Outlook 2007 with great expectations. Unfortunately,
there are performance issues that are pretty much rendering it useless
to me.

Just to note, I'm on a brand new Core 2 Duo T7400, XP sp2 install, so
it's not hardware or legacy XP junk slowing me down.

When I start Outlook, it takes ~30 seconds before I am able to perform
any action.

When email is being received, Outlook freezes. If I'm composing an
email at the time, I can no longer type. If I'm trying to view or
delete other email, no luck. I have 5 email accounts, so the freezing
is around 12-15 seconds every 2 minutes. If I'm receiving a file, the
freezing lasts longer.

Deleting more than a few items from my inbox often freezes things too.

Not to mention it's using 100MB of memory.

I heard that the Beta had similar problems, looks like it made it into
RTM. Does anyone know a fix (besides reinstalling oulook 2003).




Z