OutLook slow to start

[Mike_C]

I have read through these discussions and searched kbase but haven't found
any questions or solutions that fit mine. I have Windows XP and Office 2003,
a new computer with 3.8Ghz processor, 2048m memory, plenty of HD space, and a
broadband Internet connection. I recently installed Outlook 2003 from my
Office CD and right from the beginning it's been very slow to start, like 4
minutes. In my task manager I see 2 instances of Outlook in the applications
tab and they both show "not responding." If I stop either one, then Outlook
closes. In the processes tab of my task manager it only shows 1 process of
Outlook. Once Outlike finally loads and runs then I only have 1 instance of
Outlook in the applications tab. Also, once it's running, it runs just fine,
no sluggishness or other slowdowns. My only problem is when it first starts
up.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, uninstalling and running some
registry cleaners then reinstalling, running the detect & repair, and various
combinations of the above, etc. Nothing has helped. I don't have/use any
exchange servers or other MAPI accounts and I'm wondering now (from reading
the discussions around here) if Outlook is going out and looking for
something that's not there. If that's the case, how do I disable Outlook from
looking for network servers. If that's not the problem, any ideas what is and
how I can fix it?
--Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What add-ins do you have that use Outlook? Infuzer? Other calendar/weather
add-ins?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Mike_C asked:

| I have read through these discussions and searched kbase but haven't
| found any questions or solutions that fit mine. I have Windows XP
| and Office 2003, a new computer with 3.8Ghz processor, 2048m memory,
| plenty of HD space, and a broadband Internet connection. I recently
| installed Outlook 2003 from my Office CD and right from the beginning
| it's been very slow to start, like 4 minutes. In my task manager I
| see 2 instances of Outlook in the applications tab and they both show
| "not responding." If I stop either one, then Outlook closes. In the
| processes tab of my task manager it only shows 1 process of Outlook.
| Once Outlike finally loads and runs then I only have 1 instance of
| Outlook in the applications tab. Also, once it's running, it runs
| just fine, no sluggishness or other slowdowns. My only problem is
| when it first starts up.
|
| I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, uninstalling and running
| some registry cleaners then reinstalling, running the detect &
| repair, and various combinations of the above, etc. Nothing has
| helped. I don't have/use any exchange servers or other MAPI accounts
| and I'm wondering now (from reading the discussions around here) if
| Outlook is going out and looking for something that's not there. If
| that's the case, how do I disable Outlook from looking for network
| servers. If that's not the problem, any ideas what is and how I can
| fix it? --Thanks

 

[Mike_C]

I don't have Infuzer or any other calandar/weather add-ins installed. The
only add-in I have is the Outlook Backup Addin, and my Outlook was already
slow to start up before I installed the backup addin.

If anyone has any further ideas about this one, please let me know. I'm
still working on it but am pretty much out of ideas at this point. I've read
all the kbases mentioned in this newsgroup, as well as others, and tested
them, to no avail. I've been looking through my services, (services.msc) and
reading up on them to see if there's something amiss there. Tested a few, but
haven't found a fix yet. Don't get scared about my messing with the services,
I'm careful and set them back to original state when I'm done!

--Thanks, Mike