Windows Mail (Not Responding)

[Gary VanderMolen]

Try this: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72674-windows-mail-slow.html

If no improvement, report back to us and let us know which antivirus program
you are running.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[davis]

Thanks.

The calendar work around reduced the time to get the text, etc. to
show in the Create Mail dialog box/window in half (or a bit more) to
about four seconds and the (Not Responding) text didn't show up.

This didn't change when I did the Windows.reg registration edit.

I didn't test rebooting and testing again.

I don't have any anti-virus program. I pulled McAfee out after two
days on my new Inspiron E1705. I have Windows Defender. I have anti-
virus on my POP3 mail server.

Thanks again.

 

[Guest]

Thank you to everyone. We went on vacation for two weeks. When we returned,
I downloaded some updates and, bingo, I can open attachments again. I really
don't know what happened, but I'm a happy camper again.

Can somebody recommend a good antivirus program. With all the trouble I've
had, I removed the original one from my computer. Please don't ask how or
why. Is there a good free one, or do I need to purchase one?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Avast is good and free:
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Be sure to configure it NOT to scan emails.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

Tried to download this. It didn't work. When I tried to restart, it
wouldn't restart. The computer automatically went to a previous "safe"
point, before the download.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Sorry to hear that. You must be the first person I've heard of
who had trouble installing Avast. Perhaps you should try the free
AVG antivirus: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0

Gary VanderMolen

 

[DanR]

I have this problem as well, but I thik it was self inflicted. I turned off a
few services that looked unessary and everything seemed to work. Except the
naxt day windows mail would not open attachments. Had worked fine till then
but cant fugure out how to get it back.

 

[mac]

I have this problem as well, but I thik it was self inflicted. I turned off
a
few services that looked unessary and everything seemed to work. Except
the
naxt day windows mail would not open attachments. Had worked fine till
then
but cant fugure out how to get it back.

IE8 can cause problems with opening attachments, Did you install it from
Windows Update recently?
Open Internet Explorer>help menu>about, what version shows?
If you have IE8, also check at Windows Update>Update History, when did it
install? Does that date correspond with the attachment problem?

If so you can remove IE8, and when it is offered again hide the IE8 update.

How to uninstall IE8:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

 

[Spirit]

What services did you turn off? Turn them back on and reboot.

Look on the Security Tab in Options. Does it block ALL or can
you process ZIP?

 

[DanR]

Thank you for the responses. I turned off a few of the and could not
remember. But I hadn't installed anything since so I went back to a restore
point ahead of the problem. All is well in Microsoft mail.