Outlook 2003 freezes

[abardalaye]

I have been using Outlook 2003 to connect to my
school's email server (IMAP) for the last 1 year.
Since a month ago, Outlook freezes all the time -
sometimes when I am trying to send a message,
sometimes when I am reading a message and sometimes
just like that. I have noticed the icon
'Synchronizing folders' a number of times when Outlook
froze on me.

I tried reinstalling Outlook, but that did not help.
Any ideas to fix this issue would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Sounds like another application is using the same resources as Outlook.

Try these steps;

Uninstall Office completely.
Run Chkdsk /f.
Perform a disk cleanup.
Search the hard drive for any tmp files and delete them.
Empty the recycle bin.
Defrag the hard drive.
Re-install Office.