I checked the outcmd.dat file and mine was extremely small. But, I tried deleting my profile (we use roaming profiles) and having a new profile generated. Once I did that, everything was MUCH better. 300k text documents that used to take 5 minutes to open now take 15 seconds which is more reasonable.
For giggles, I tried re-using my old profile and the time to open email messages shot right back through the roof. Delete profile, get a brand new one, emails open fast. Not sure what the reason is but.... Thanks. > We're using Outlook 2000 so your mileage may vary. I've noticed here that the file >\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat, >which starts out life at around 5k in size, can work itself up to 1MB and beyond, >causing messages to open extremely slowly. It'll be recreated if you rename it and >restart Outlook, and, as far as I've been able to tell, the only thing you'll lose is >menubar customizations. > > -Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:50 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: email messages slow to open? > > > Anyone know where I should begin looking to determine whether I am > experiencing the beginnings of a problem or whether this is just normal? > > Lately I've noticed that when I open email messages in Outlook XP they > take longer to open. Especially the big messages (from listservs and > such). May take like 2 minutes to open the email and task manager on my > system (Windows NT) shows outlook.exe taking up 99% cpu time. These > messages do not have attachments, I'm just talking about regular messages. > > I have an Exchange 5.5/SP4 box. I haven't noticed anything on the > Exchange servers performance reports that show a sudden increase in > CPU/memory/HD activity. This just sorta happened about 2 weeks ago. NO > changes have been made on the server in quite some time. > > Any idea what this might be? > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > This message is private or privileged. If you are not the > person for whom this message is intended, please delete it > and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send > this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
