Outlook Express 6 very slow startup

There is a MS knowledgebase article on this read it HERE Its about OE 5.5, but might help anyhow.

Also, it could be that you have a virus scanner that causes this, if so, try turning it completely off to see if thats the culprit.

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zalem

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#82405

2002-05-05 18:31

No, it didnt help. And besides that was for win9x, not XP!

Sampson

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#82406

2002-05-05 19:33

Are you using a Hotmail account? Outlook Express has some issues with Hotmail accounts one of which is delays.

zalem

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#82407

2002-05-06 00:15

No, i dont use hotmail, i didnt had this trouble with win2k.
And my girlfriend has the same problem! Were sharing internet connection on her computer!

Alien

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#82408

2002-05-06 00:23

By any chance are you using a 3rd party firewall [eg ZoneAlarm, BlackIce, or Norton] & have you given it permission to access the net in the firewall's options?

DanteP

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#82409

2002-05-06 02:50

Have you disabled Messenger in your local computer policy (or anywhere else for that matter)? This will cause a slow Outlook Express startup. There was a way around it, but I forgot where . Maybe a tweaking site. Anyway, I just let messenger run without loggin in. Would be nice if someone knew the exact fix.

-Dan

DanteP

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#82410

2002-05-06 02:59

I found the link to correct the problem I mentioned a few minutes ago. Here it is... http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=108

This fix corrects the slow Outlook startup problem when you remove or prevent Messenger from running.

Good Luck, let me know if this helps.

-Dan