When I set it up, I did create a new profile.
I then imported my email and contacts from an 2002 pst file.
It was dreadfully slow. Even with a pst under 300mb.
I just now created another new profile. But... this time I let it go where
Outlook wants it: in the AppData folder.
I had previously put it under /user/username/documents/Outlook/ since I
like to have all my data under one place, and not spread across places
unknown. Makes backup much easier. (though, it looks like Vista has altered
it so everything is seen under the /username/ folder?)
So far, it's running faster.
Could the issue be that the default Outlook profile MUST be in the /AppData
folder?