how do I fix slow running office outlook 2003

[Vast]

Outlook 2003, running on Vista Home premium is slow to start, often giving
messege "Outlook not responding" and outlook freezes for several minutes and
also error messege " Microsoft Office Outlook is trying to retrive data from
the exchange server" on the system tray icon. I have tried outlook's detect
and repair several times but it did not solve the problem. Can any one help
me to correct this.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Do you have Cached Exchange Mode enabled?
Are you making a connection to Exchange via VPN or via RPC over HTTP?

Does it work better when starting Outlook in Safe Mode?
Start-> type; outlook.exe /safe

If so, it's very likely that the slowness is caused by an add-in that you
have installed. Disabled them all and enable them one by one to find the
culprit.
See http://www.msoutlook.info/question/88

 

[Vast]

Hi Roady, Thanks for your reply. I beleive I am using RPC over HTTP.
Staring outlook in safe mode does not solve this problem.
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