How do I fix Outlook performance speed?

[Gehre]

The performance of Outlook (2003) suddenly detiorated yesterday. It is now
virtually unusable (10 seconds to select an email in the inbox). My computer
Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad Z60m is about 2 months old. I have 1GB RAM, 13GB disk
used, 20GB free. I don't have a lot of emails or email folders. Before
yesterday things were great. Yesterday, Windows automatically did a system
update. I also did a full spyware scan and backed up my disk. After backing
up the disk the Control Panel (XP Home) asked me if I wanted to free up
space. I said 'yes', but did not select compress. Those are the events that
led to the drastic and sudden change in the system. I've rebooted numerous
times.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Do you have any desktop search engines active, such as Google or MSN? If
yes, disable them and see if your system speeds up.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Gehre asked:

| The performance of Outlook (2003) suddenly detiorated yesterday. It
| is now virtually unusable (10 seconds to select an email in the
| inbox). My computer Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad Z60m is about 2 months old.
| I have 1GB RAM, 13GB disk used, 20GB free. I don't have a lot of
| emails or email folders. Before yesterday things were great.
| Yesterday, Windows automatically did a system update. I also did a
| full spyware scan and backed up my disk. After backing up the disk
| the Control Panel (XP Home) asked me if I wanted to free up space. I
| said 'yes', but did not select compress. Those are the events that
| led to the drastic and sudden change in the system. I've rebooted
| numerous times.