Outlook 2003 extremely slow after importing contacts

[VEK]

When I import contacts from a .pst-file, outlook becomes very slow.
When I create a new mail profile (which is empty/no contacts imported yet),
outlook behaves normal again.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Why are you importing from a PST file? PST is Outlook's native format. It
does not require conversion. Stop importing. Just open the PST file and copy
what you need from it.

 

[VEK]

Thanks for your support !
The consequence of opening the pst-file, is that it now shows me two contact
folders. One regular contacts-folder, and one 'contacts in peronal folders'
folder. Up to here, everything still works ok. When I select all contacts
from the 'contacts in personal folders' and move them to the 'contacts'
folder, the system is extremely slow again. So : everytime I populate the
Contacts folder, the system becomes very slow. Fyi : The first thing I did,
was to sync my contact-folder with Plaxo. This had the same impact ... slow
slow slow

Why are you importing from a PST file? PST is Outlook's native format. It
does not require conversion. Stop importing. Just open the PST file and copy
what you need from it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I import contacts from a .pst-file, outlook becomes very slow.
When I create a new mail profile (which is empty/no contacts imported
yet),
outlook behaves normal again.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The consequence of opening the pst-file, is that it now shows me two
contact folders. One regular contacts-folder, and one 'contacts in
peronal folders' folder. Up to here, everything still works ok. When
I select all contacts from the 'contacts in personal folders' and
move them to the 'contacts' folder, the system is extremely slow
again. So : everytime I populate the Contacts folder, the system
becomes very slow. Fyi : The first thing I did, was to sync my
contact-folder with Plaxo. This had the same impact ... slow slow slow

Plaxo is known to cause unwanted side-effects in Outlook. Try uninstalling
Plaxo to see if that changes things.

 

[VEK]

Hi Brian.
I uninstalled plaxo, at your request. Rebooted the system. Moved all the
contacts from the 'contacts from personal folder' to the 'contacts folder'.
Outlook still behaves slow, as soon as this folder is populated.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I uninstalled plaxo, at your request. Rebooted the system. Moved all
the contacts from the 'contacts from personal folder' to the
'contacts folder'. Outlook still behaves slow, as soon as this folder
is populated.

I wish I could duplicate the problem, but I can't. Sorry.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Neither can I. The symptoms suggest a problem with the data that is being
copied or imported. Have you tried repairing this file? Is it still the same
file into which you imported Contacts?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't see how? We've already told you how. Never use export and import.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I can't see how the file is corrupt.
It's an export from all my contacts in outlook on computer "A", which I'm
trying to move to computer "B". I exported all contacts from "A" in a .pst
file, and imported them on computer "B". When I open the file in outlook
on
computer "B", like suggested, it shows itself as a extra contact folder,
and
everything works fine.
As soon as I move the content of this newly created contact folder to the
original/standard empty contact folder of outlook, the system becomes
slow.

Neither can I. The symptoms suggest a problem with the data that is being
copied or imported. Have you tried repairing this file? Is it still the
same
file into which you imported Contacts?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I uninstalled plaxo, at your request. Rebooted the system. Moved all
the contacts from the 'contacts from personal folder' to the
'contacts folder'. Outlook still behaves slow, as soon as this folder
is populated.

I wish I could duplicate the problem, but I can't. Sorry.

 

[WW]

I have spent 14 hours and out of pocket money on a new Dell computer having
this issue. I tried to use my Palm Pilot, then an outside program to import
my contacts and saved email and tasks from an old laptop with Office 2000 to
a new one with Office 2003. Finally I exported to a .pst file, restarted
the computer to brand new condition (losing everything not backed up),
activated Office and imported the .pst file. Now it is running normally.
You would think they'd make this a lot easier.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

They did. You never use export and import for transferring Outlook data. You
never use synchs to transfer Outlook data.
Outlook data resides in one file. Just copy that file and open it in another
installation. Nothing is easier than that. Why did you go through all those
other steps?