Outlook 2007 B2 High CPU Consumption

[Chris Ericoli]

Hi,

When I first open OL2007 it sits there quite happily, occasionally consuming
10-13% CPU for a moment or two while idle. After about 20 minutes (with
occasional usage through that time), the memory usage jumps from approx 50Mb
to 110Mb, and the CPU usage starts rollercoasting from 10% to 80% every few
seconds. This will last until the system is shut down (i can't exit outlook
without killing the process, as it just sits in the system tray). This CPU
hogging slows down my system terribly (T2500 Intel CoreDuo + 2GB RAM), so
any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, by the way, Outlook IS idle (not archiving etc).

Cheers

Chris

 

[BillR [MVP]]

It might be the indexing service building an initial index. This happens
when Outlook and the machine are idle. Give it time.