outlook express in XP takes ages to load

[Cavemangeezer]

Hi, I have a problem in XP that is really bugging me! I have 3 accounts set up 1 administrator and 2 limited. In one limited account outlook express takes about 1&1/2 minutes to load, it just displays the splash screen for this time? I have tried a clean install which fixed it, but when I rebooted it was back the same. This occured with no other software or drivers installed? Any help solving this greatly appreciated.
Caveman!

[AZN]

do u just see a splash screen for a long time? is an account setup for that email? I dont see y other XP accounts will have a lag time. I can only imagine email addies. I know some email servers takes awhile so other then the email server laggin i dont know. a little more info about the lag plz

AZN

[Cavemangeezer]

Hi AZN, in reply to your questions. The splash screen shows for about a min & a half before outlook ex opens, I have it setup for one email account. It is the same server as an email account I have in my other user account and this shows the splash screen for about 1 sec before opening. I have disabled 'compact messages in the background' in the maintenance tab after looking for a solution on the knowledge base - no change. I dont have any newsgroups setup and have tried a clean install and the problem returned after the first re-boot with no progs, drivers or updates installed. I'm stumped!

Caveman.

[redduc900]

Welcome to the forums Cavemangeezer...I'm familiar with a couple of possible reasons that OE might open slowly:

1) Antivirus software scanning or...

2) Windows Messenger is attempting to sign on

Open OE and select Tools | Options | "General" Tab | Uncheck "Automatically log on to Windows Messenger" and click "Apply". ;)

[Cavemangeezer]

Hi redduc900, thanks for your reply but I don't have messenger setup in this account so the option to turn it off is not available in the general tab. I havn't got round to re-installing Norton yet so thats not causing the problem either. I know this sounds strange but before I setup raid 0 on my 7DXR I had the same setup of user accounts and no delay? I'm going to try changing the account to administrator to see if that has any effect.

Caveman.

[Cavemangeezer]

Hi again, I have solved the problem. It was windows messenger causing the problem. I tried to setup an account in the user account that had the problem and windows messenger would not open? I downloaded and installed messenger in this user account and hey presto - no delay. Strange as I have messenger setup in another account with no probs. I only hope it doesn't re-appear after a re-boot. Thanks redduc900 for putting me on the right track.

Caveman.

[DreamingWolf]

I know that there is a setting in the registry (I believe in the Local_Machine section) that if you set the value to "" the delay is gone even if you don't have messenger installed. Can you tell I had the same problem? I can't remember the exact setting, but I found a webpage that explained all about the problem and the fix by doing searches on outlook load slow etc.
I could not find the answer in microsofts database. (why would they want to tell you how to circumvent messenger?) If I find the print out I made I'll post a link but I'm afraid I already threw it away. Sorry:cool: