Outllook not responding

[Guest]

using a new hp laptop, running Vista, having problems with outlook 2003. I
get the Outlook not responding message constantly...any suggestions to my
frustrating problem?

 

[warprints]

I am running Outlook 2003 on a Vista SP1 box. Outlook constantly locks up -
not responding. Have to force Outlook to close. Did the same thing before
SP1 installed. Hope someone can answer your question.

 

[stevebo]

I am running Outlook 2007 on a BRAND NEW Vostro 1400 with Core 2 Duo and 2GB.
I have the same problem. Is this an Outlook issue? Vista issue? Office?

I can't believe how horrible the performance is. Outlook.exe uses up all my
cpu cycles, even with small .pst files.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am running Outlook 2003 on a Vista SP1 box. Outlook constantly
locks up - not responding. Have to force Outlook to close. Did the
same thing before SP1 installed. Hope someone can answer your
question.

Have you tried creating a new mail profile? Have you run Help>Detect and
Repair?

 

[stevebo]

Have you tried creating a new mail profile? Have you run Help>Detect and
Repair?

I've done these things to no avail. Every time I shut down Outlook, scanpst
finds errors (sometimes I have to log off before Outlook will release the
..pst file). Does Microsoft or any service you know of fix pst files? Mine
seemed to have gotten corrupted due to a bad disk sector and no repair tool
seems to fix it, even though the data is still there.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I've done these things to no avail. Every time I shut down Outlook,
scanpst finds errors (sometimes I have to log off before Outlook will
release the .pst file). Does Microsoft or any service you know of
fix pst files? Mine seemed to have gotten corrupted due to a bad
disk sector and no repair tool seems to fix it, even though the data
is still there.

There are commercially available PST repair tools that will perform better
than SCANPST. Google will find them.

 

[stevebo]

There are commercially available PST repair tools that will perform better
than SCANPST. Google will find them.

Thanks. I may try some of those. The main problem was this Dell Installed
"virus": http://www.msoutlook.info/question/48

Thanks,
Steve