Outlook 2003 choppy

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Shannon

I just purchased Office 2003 Professional and installed
it. I'm using XP, Pent 4, 256 MB Ram, and a 40 gig HD.
I've noticed that Outlook is rather choppy, or runs kinda
slow sometimes. Is this a common prob or is it my comp.
Word 2003 runs great though, as opposed to Word 2002
which ran slow.

I'm sure more RAM would help, but is there anything else
that can be done?

Also, I've heard that having a ton of MP3's (2.5 gigs)
will slow your computer down. I've also heard that it
won't. What's the real deal?
 
Define Choppy!

Having that many MP3s on your computer does nothing to slow it down unless
you are playing them at the same time as Outlook is open. I have about 16
gigs.

Increasing the RAM is always a good idea. My 2.4 machine has a gig of RAM
and runs like the wind.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Shannon <[email protected]> asked:
| I just purchased Office 2003 Professional and installed
| it. I'm using XP, Pent 4, 256 MB Ram, and a 40 gig HD.
| I've noticed that Outlook is rather choppy, or runs kinda
| slow sometimes. Is this a common prob or is it my comp.
| Word 2003 runs great though, as opposed to Word 2002
| which ran slow.
|
| I'm sure more RAM would help, but is there anything else
| that can be done?
|
| Also, I've heard that having a ton of MP3's (2.5 gigs)
| will slow your computer down. I've also heard that it
| won't. What's the real deal?
 
Go to the Windows Task Manager Cntr-Alt-Delete and see if, after using
email function in Outlook, the CPU Usage is running at or near 100%. That
might cause sluggishnesss
 
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