Outlook 2007 runs my HD for 30 sec. for every received email

[lucavilla]

I upgraded from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 and now every time I
receive an email, even with Outlook and third-party antispam disabled,
my HD runs desperately for 20-30 seconds blocking the usability of
Outlook and almost blocking the usability of the whole Windows.
My PST is 5GB and my inbox contains atleast 50000 emails but it was
not a problem in Outlook 2003.

What can be the cause?

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Your big PST and lots of emails. Outlook 2007 has performance problems
with that. You should reduce your PST dramatically (get it to 1 GB) and
you'll see better performance.

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[lucavilla]

I just discovered that the inusability of my Outlook 2007 is by
design: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932086/en-us.

I still can't believe to my eyes to what Microsoft have done to
Outlook. I hope I'm dreaming.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

I saw that KB and just laughed. Sounds to me like bad design that needs
fixing. Let's hope Microsoft thinks the same...

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[Luca Villa]

First fix from Microsoft to the performance issues in Outlook 2007
with large pst/ost!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933493

 

[Luca Villa]

Has anyone tried to solve the speed problem by putting the PST file in
a (big) fast USB flash memory?

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

I suggest you try the Outlook Performance Update (linked below) first.

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[Luca Villa]

I suggest you try the Outlook Performance Update (linked below) first.

Microsoft doesn't say that it solves 100% of the problem.
In any case since even Outlook 2003 takes several seconds of HD every
time I receive a message, I think it would anyway be of advantage to
use a flash memory.

 

[Luca Villa]

Ok, I finally tried Outlook 2007 with the performance update and my
PST reduced to 2.5GB.

These are the results:

With PST on a fast flash drive (USB 2.0 Corsair Voyager GT 4GB): 13
sec. to receive each message
With PST on HD: 6 sec. to receive each message

Conclusion: HD is better than flash for PST use.