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Outlook 2007 is very slow ?

My Microsoft outlook 2007 is very slow. It just behaves si if it doesn't want to work with me. I tried to Outlook Performance update, but it doesn't solved my purpose. Can any one out there can suggest me what I can do to increase the speed or do I have to switch back to outlook 2005. and again switch back to lower version is really difficult as I have many emails in outlook 2007. And also I am not sure out can i convert them back to non unicode format. Is there anyone else who is facing the similar problem.



Answer 1
As the Microsoft Outlook 2007 came in market, it came with new features which are really good. But since a while we are listening about the slow performance of Outlook 2007. We at this time really don’t know the cause but there are some possible solutions which can improve the speed and performance of Microsoft Outlook 2007. One of the solutions is the Outlook Performance update which generally increases the performance of the outlook 2007. You have mentioned that you have used the outlook performance update but it didn’t solve your problem. Some solutions are here which might help you in increase the performance of Microsoft Outlook.

Solution 1: Rename or Delete the outcmd.dat, extend.dat, views.dat and frmcache.dat. As outlook need it automatically recreates these files. The location of these files in Windows XP and Vista are:

Outcmd.dat
In xp - c:\documents and settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
In Vista - c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

Extend.dat
In xp -C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
In Vista - C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Frmcache.dat
In xp -C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
In Vista - C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FORMS

Views.dat
In xp -C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
In Vista - C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Solution 2: Create new .PST File. If this fixes your problem then import or move your items from the old PST file to the new PST file.

Solution 3: Create a new profile. Don’t delete the old profile. Just check if by creating the new profile is the problem fixed or not. If the problem fixes then delete the old profile.

Solution 4: Disable the Microsoft Outlook Setup (Instant Office add-in by Cyberlink) on Dell computers that have media direct installed. This add-in is responsible for converting meetings and creating calendar and contact folders when saving attachments. Due to this outlook gets slow.

Solution 5: Uninstall the Business Contact Manager.

Use these methods to make your outlook faster.

Best of Luck



Answer 2
how to increase the speed of outlook 2007 in xp


Answer 3
You can repair your slow microsft outlook using Oulook 2007 repair software. Download the software and use the software to split pst file and then check your outlook performance.


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