Outlook 2000 SP3 Hangs & Consumes CPU

[Max Yaffe]

Dear Group,

I have Outlook 2000 w/ SP3 running my email (POP3 & SMTP servers at
Comcast).

Outlook has been behaving strangely, hanging causing the computer to
overheat. My CPU temp runs normally at 30 C but when Outlook is
hanging it can zoom to 45-50C. The Windows Task Manager shows Outlook
is using over 50% of the CPU and this number climbs as well.

Sometimes when this happens I can shut outlook down by closing its
window but most times, I have to pull the plug using Task Manager.

This has been happening for a while but has gotten worse. I don't
have any recollection of installing something that kicked off this
problem although it may have started w/ SP3.

Any ideas?

Max

 

[Thomas Quester]

Try repairing your pst file with scanpst. you can find scanpst at your local
disk, usually in program files\common files\system\mapi or msmapi. If this
does not help, try creating a new mail profile in control panel/mail. Some
error can only be fixed if you export your data file into a new one.

Best regards

Thomas Quester
www.olfolders.de