Outlook acting different... worked fine for one week

[cawheeler]

I have Office Pro 2003 with XP MCE on a new Dell Dimension 8400. Outlook was
running fine for the first week. All of a sudden it started running extremely
slow when trying to switch from one area to another, such as from Mail to
Contacts to Tasks. When i do that, the CPU usage spikes up to about 80-100%
and it can take up to 30 seconds or more for it to switch. Also, my Outlook
Today page did work normally, but now it says "Personal Folders - Cannot find
server".

I tried "Detect & Repair" as well as various virus/spyware scans to see if
there was something wrong. Nothing has come up. Everything else on the
computer works fine except Outlook. I have been searching for 8 days for a
solution to this and have found nothing.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Also, my Outlook Today page did work
normally, but now it says "Personal Folders - Cannot find server".

Where does Outlook think your Outlook Today should be? RIght-click, choose
Properties, then Advanced.

 

[cawheeler]

OK, if I go the Properties-->Advanced, it says it is here: C:\Documents and
Settings\Chris\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst

Also, if this helps, when I go to Properties-->Home Page, it says that is
here: res://C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\1033\outlwvw.dll/outlook.htm

Thanks for responding, I hope you can help!!!

 

[Brian Tillman]

OK, if I go the Properties-->Advanced, it says it is here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst

That's the usual location for the PST, yes. Nothing odd there.

Also, if this helps, when I go to Properties-->Home Page, it says
that is here: res://C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\1033\outlwvw.dll/outlook.htm

That's the location of the DLL that contains the Outlook Today screen in
"Standard" format. Also perfectly normal. The two paths are, quite
naturally, completely unrelated.

If I were in your shoes, I'd try the following.

1) Create a new PST and make it the delivery location.
a) File>New>Outlook Data FIle>Office Outlook Personal Folders File.
Browse to the folder where you want it (or accept the default).
Name
it what you want (or accept the default). Click OK.
b) Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next. At the bottom left, select the new
PST from the drop-down.
c) Copy the contents of your old PST to the new one (right-click>Copy).
d) Close the old one (right-click>Close).

If that didn't work, I'd create a new mail profile and point it at your old
PST. Control Panel>Mail>Show Profiles>Add.

 

[cawheeler]

Well, perhaps I didn't do something correctly, but this didn't seem to work.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Well, perhaps I didn't do something correctly, but this didn't seem
to work.

I'm afraid I'm out of ideas, then. Sorry.

 

[cawheeler]

Alright, thanks for trying.

Any ideas of where else I might be able to look for help?