Thanks, Ann. I'm definitely going to do this when I get back home and get the ailing Windows 7 PC up and running again.
Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne via Jfw Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 8:34 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Ann Byrne Subject: RE: Major Outlook 2010 problem--journal Deleting the journal items is only good. it doesn't delete anything related. Just saves a lot of space. When I discovered the journal at work years ago, there were thousands of entries and it took Outlook half an hour to clear them out. Whew! then all was well. At 07:18 PM 5/19/2015, you wrote: >Keith: > >Do you, or anyone else on the list know if deleting the data in the >journal will cause the corresponding items in other Outlook folders to >be deleted as well? > >In other words, if I delete the journal items, will messages in folders >such as my sent folder, inbox, and saved folders be deleted too, or are >the functions totally independent? > >If I'm not clear on my question here, please let me know, and thanks >to everyone for all the attention you are giving my issue. > >It is very much appreciated. > >Dr. Tom Behler > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. via Jfw >Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:23 PM >To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' >Cc: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. >Subject: RE: Major Outlook 2010 problem > >Found this from a Google search. Hope it helps. Might depend on which >Windows version you're using. > >A. The Journal function in Outlook can be used to track document >changes and openings, mail actions, meetings and task management >however it can take up a large amount of space if not archived regularly. > >If you don't want the features of the Journal it can be disabled as follows: > >1.Start Outlook >2.Select Options from the Tools menu >3.Select the Preferences tab and click 'Journal Options' >4.Unselect all boxes and click OK >Click here to view image >5.Click OK to the main dialog > >No records will be written to the journal now. > >If you want to delete all current Journal information select the >Journal branch, right click on each entry type, for example Microsoft >Word, and select Delete from the context menu. > >This is also possible by directly editing the registry: >1.Start the registry editor (regedit.exe) 2.Move to >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Options\Journa >l 3.Double click EnableJournal and change from 1 to 0 4.Click OK > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom >Behler via Jfw >Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:01 PM >To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' >Cc: Tom Behler >Subject: RE: Major Outlook 2010 problem > >Ann: > >How exactly do you turn the journal item off? > >I'll give it a try once I know the steps to disable it. > >Tom Behler > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne >via Jfw >Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:06 PM >To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >Cc: Ann Byrne >Subject: Re: Major Outlook 2010 problem > >Be sure that the journal item is not turned on. that one just grows >and grows, with Outlook automatically making an entry every time you do >anything. >At 10:41 AM 5/19/2015, you wrote: > >Hello, everyone. > > > > > > > >You may remember that, last week, I posted a quiry to the list > >regarding an increasingly sluggish Windows 7 desktop computer with > >Jaws, to the point that it became unusable. > > > > > > > >I originally thought the problem related to some sort of a virus I > >had gotten, since it seemed that something in internet explorer was > >constantly running. > > > > > > > >I think that might have been part of the problem, but after taking > >the computer to a local computer repair shop, it seems that the > >biggest problem is with Outlook 2010. > > > > > > > >I am not sure how he found this out, but the computer repair person > >indicated that my Outlook data file is unbelievably huge! It > >contains something like 10 gigs of material, and is constantly > >running, and trying >to > >refresh itself. > > > > > > > >I access both my work and personal g-mail accounts via Outlook 2010, > >and am very good at deleting e-mails that are no longer of use to me. > > > > > > > >I also periodically check my all mail folder in my personal g-mail > >account to be sure that deleted e-mails are not showing up in there. > > > > > > > >I guess my question is this: Should I totally un-install Outlook > >2010, and re-install it again? Or, is there some way I can correct > >this issue with >my > >currrent version of Outlook 2010? > > > > > > > >My University currently uses Office 365, which I know contains a > >version of Outlook, so I'm wondering if that might be another way to go. > > > > > > > >The computer tech at my local computer repair shop advises me to > >forget outlook, and just access my personal g-mail via the g-mail web > >site, but I have not had the greatest luck navigating that web site > >with Jaws 14. I'm not sure if such an approach would work with my > >work e-mail >account either. > > > > > > > >Any wisdom that can be shed on this issue would be appreciated. > > > > > > > >Thank you. > > > > > > > >Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > >scrubbed... > >URL: > ><http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments > >/2>0150 >519/ecfcd91f/attachment.html> > >_______________________________________________ > >Jfw mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
