Outlook 2003 SLOW AGAIN

[Guest]

As most of us know, MS had another set of updates notification just yesterday
and my computer updated all the security, patches and fixes last night.

This morning, I got a problem with Outlook 2003 being very slow as it done a
few months ago. At that time, phishing was the issue and so I was able to
resolve the slow html email displaying.

However, after this update, I cannot seem to fix the problem the way I did
the last time. I tried disabling and enabling Phishing in IE7 and restarted
each time with no success. Also as before, if I set Outlook to open up in
Outlook Today default page, I don't have the problem of slow html emails.
Once I set it back to open Inbox as the default page, it's tremendously slow
again.

Is one of the MS update could be causing the problem. If so, is there a
solution or should I remove that particular update?

Thanks.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Uninstall update KB931768 for the time being. I've contacted Microsoft about
this already.

 

[Guest]

Yes! I've just read that from another post and have already removed the
KB931768 patch and rebooted. It's working perfectly now.

Thanks for the quick response!

Uninstall update KB931768 for the time being. I've contacted Microsoft about
this already.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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As most of us know, MS had another set of updates notification just
yesterday
and my computer updated all the security, patches and fixes last night.

This morning, I got a problem with Outlook 2003 being very slow as it done
a
few months ago. At that time, phishing was the issue and so I was able to
resolve the slow html email displaying.

However, after this update, I cannot seem to fix the problem the way I did
the last time. I tried disabling and enabling Phishing in IE7 and
restarted
each time with no success. Also as before, if I set Outlook to open up in
Outlook Today default page, I don't have the problem of slow html emails.
Once I set it back to open Inbox as the default page, it's tremendously
slow
again.

Is one of the MS update could be causing the problem. If so, is there a
solution or should I remove that particular update?

Thanks.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome!

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Yes! I've just read that from another post and have already removed the
KB931768 patch and rebooted. It's working perfectly now.

Thanks for the quick response!

Uninstall update KB931768 for the time being. I've contacted Microsoft
about
this already.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

As most of us know, MS had another set of updates notification just
yesterday
and my computer updated all the security, patches and fixes last night.

This morning, I got a problem with Outlook 2003 being very slow as it
done
a
few months ago. At that time, phishing was the issue and so I was able
to
resolve the slow html email displaying.

However, after this update, I cannot seem to fix the problem the way I
did
the last time. I tried disabling and enabling Phishing in IE7 and
restarted
each time with no success. Also as before, if I set Outlook to open up
in
Outlook Today default page, I don't have the problem of slow html
emails.
Once I set it back to open Inbox as the default page, it's tremendously
slow
again.

Is one of the MS update could be causing the problem. If so, is there a
solution or should I remove that particular update?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Please don't uninstall the security update. Try this instead.

This problem is often caused by a "protective" protocol that I do not
support or recommend, that is, loading down the registry by adding a slew of
sites to IE's Restricted Sites zone - sometimes tens of thousands of URLs.
Products that "protect" you by loading down the registry in such a way
include Spybot, IE-Spyad and Spyware Blaster.

IE7 has made changes to the way that the rendering engine interacts with the
Restricted Sites zone - the end result is that if you are using Outlook (not
2007), have IE7 installed and use HTML as your email format, then when you
type an email the IE rendering engine will check the registry for entries in
IE's Restricted Sites zone **every time you type a character***.

FIXES:

Remove all of those entries in the Restricted Sites Zone - a quick way to do
this is to reset Internet Explorer's settings (Tools, Internet Options,
Advanced tab)

Stop using HTML (switch to Rich Text instead)

Use Word as Outlook's email editor.

***DO NOT*** to set Outlook to run in the Internet Zone.

--
Sandi
Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://www.ie-vista.com
Blog:
http://www.msmvps.com/spywaresucks
Internet Explorer Community
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/default.mspx

Yes! I've just read that from another post and have already removed the
KB931768 patch and rebooted. It's working perfectly now.

Thanks for the quick response!

Uninstall update KB931768 for the time being. I've contacted Microsoft about
this already.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----

As most of us know, MS had another set of updates notification just
yesterday
and my computer updated all the security, patches and fixes last night.

This morning, I got a problem with Outlook 2003 being very slow as it done
a
few months ago. At that time, phishing was the issue and so I was able to
resolve the slow html email displaying.

However, after this update, I cannot seem to fix the problem the way I did
the last time. I tried disabling and enabling Phishing in IE7 and
restarted
each time with no success. Also as before, if I set Outlook to open up in
Outlook Today default page, I don't have the problem of slow html emails.
Once I set it back to open Inbox as the default page, it's tremendously
slow
again.

Is one of the MS update could be causing the problem. If so, is there a
solution or should I remove that particular update?

Thanks.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Aside from setting Word as the email editor the work arounds are no real
fun. Using Rich Text can cause more issues than it solves. However the
(amount of) sites in the Restricted should be limited though but it is weird
that it checks it for every character. Also setting Word as the email editor
isn't always possible.

Another work around that seems to work is to have Outlook Today as the
default startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Please don't uninstall the security update. Try this instead.

This problem is often caused by a "protective" protocol that I do not
support or recommend, that is, loading down the registry by adding a slew
of
sites to IE's Restricted Sites zone - sometimes tens of thousands of URLs.
Products that "protect" you by loading down the registry in such a way
include Spybot, IE-Spyad and Spyware Blaster.

IE7 has made changes to the way that the rendering engine interacts with
the
Restricted Sites zone - the end result is that if you are using Outlook
(not
2007), have IE7 installed and use HTML as your email format, then when you
type an email the IE rendering engine will check the registry for entries
in
IE's Restricted Sites zone **every time you type a character***.

FIXES:

Remove all of those entries in the Restricted Sites Zone - a quick way to
do
this is to reset Internet Explorer's settings (Tools, Internet Options,
Advanced tab)

Stop using HTML (switch to Rich Text instead)

Use Word as Outlook's email editor.

***DO NOT*** to set Outlook to run in the Internet Zone.

--
Sandi
Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://www.ie-vista.com
Blog:
http://www.msmvps.com/spywaresucks
Internet Explorer Community
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/default.mspx

Yes! I've just read that from another post and have already removed the
KB931768 patch and rebooted. It's working perfectly now.

Thanks for the quick response!

Uninstall update KB931768 for the time being. I've contacted Microsoft
about
this already.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
As most of us know, MS had another set of updates notification just
yesterday
and my computer updated all the security, patches and fixes last
night.

This morning, I got a problem with Outlook 2003 being very slow as it
done
a
few months ago. At that time, phishing was the issue and so I was
able to
resolve the slow html email displaying.

However, after this update, I cannot seem to fix the problem the way
I did
the last time. I tried disabling and enabling Phishing in IE7 and
restarted
each time with no success. Also as before, if I set Outlook to open
up in
Outlook Today default page, I don't have the problem of slow html
emails.
Once I set it back to open Inbox as the default page, it's
tremendously
slow
again.

Is one of the MS update could be causing the problem. If so, is there
a
solution or should I remove that particular update?

Thanks.