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    Outlook 2007 highly Demanding!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by bmxpassion, Jan 24, 2008.

  1. bmxpassion

    bmxpassion Notebook Enthusiast

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    is it just me or a lot of people having issue with 2007?

    When Outlook is running it takes 121,437KB To run in the background.
    Also when i receive an Email My computer Takes all its power to receive it!

    Now my laptop SHOULDNT have any issue running outlook's its a :
    Dell 6300
    intel Core 2 duo 2.6ghz Extreme
    Nvidia 1600M
    2gb ram

    Does Anyone have a Way to fix this. Its Really slow's Down the computer when its up and i need it up For Work All day long!
     
    bmxpassion, Jan 24, 2008
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  2. planet_vikram

    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    Outlook 2007 does take way too much power, try this :

    1) remove any unneeded add-ins that u have for outlook

    2) It may consume more power because the .pst file in which ur mails are stored is not migrated to the latest format.

    This link may help u in this regard
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010383511033.aspx
     
    planet_vikram, Jan 24, 2008
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  3. NotebookYoozer

    NotebookYoozer Notebook Evangelist

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    outlook 2007 DOES NOT take a lot of resources.

    i have a about 10K emails in outlook 07 w/vista ultimate.

    opens/closes/email/calendar/tasks/etc in a flash and currently using 60,976 K of memory.
     
    NotebookYoozer, Jan 24, 2008
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  4. planet_vikram

    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    It does take CPU power for me. I do notice CPU activity spikes when outlook 2007 is running !!
     
    planet_vikram, Jan 24, 2008
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  5. jtmat

    jtmat Notebook Evangelist

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    I leave outlook 2007 on 24/7 on my desktop and laptop.... so far no issues. Outlook will slow down the system when you first turn it on, but that is normal... also, like indexing, it seems to take outlook 07 a couple of days to "calm down." But then I have thousands of emails...

    I'm very happy with outlook 07... one of the best apps I have running. Right now outlook is using 7,012k of memory and 00 cpu.

    It could be that you peeps have something configured wrong in outlook... I'm checking 10 imap accounts every 5 minutes... with no other addons (none of that outlook connector crap).
     
    jtmat, Jan 24, 2008
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Search some forums for identical problems and try to tinker with it; otherwise, there is always Thunderbird.
     
    Bog, Jan 24, 2008
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  7. jbauchet

    jbauchet Notebook Geek

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    outlook 2007 works fine for me, currently takes 72k of memory (regular moderate day-to-day usage). Do you archive your old emails? That might be a reason why it is slow.
     
    jbauchet, Jan 24, 2008
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  8. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    I didn't experience that problem with Outlook 2007 when I used it a few months back, but now I use Thunderbird.
     
    crash, Jan 24, 2008
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  9. bmxpassion

    bmxpassion Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does Archiving help with speed
     
    bmxpassion, Jan 25, 2008
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  10. s0ap

    s0ap Notebook Consultant

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    I agree completely. I'm sorry to say this, but Outlook is a bad program. There are many programs out there that are better such as Thunderbird. Outlook has also been notorious as a backdoor into your system, at least in the past. I'm not sure about 2007, but Thunderbird is a lot better than Outlook in my opinion.
     
    s0ap, Jan 25, 2008
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