Thanks Gary.
I have been to that speed fix page before (it has a high ranking in Google):-
1) Turning off my anti virus (Bulldog, Vista compatible) e-mail scanning
made no difference.
2) I have no "restricted sites" in IE.
3) I have 1,000 contact files and a minimum 15 second delay. I expected a
computer to be able to do more than 1,000 things in less time than 15
seconds! The proposed workaround of putting individual Contacts files in a
different location so that Windows Mail can't find them, then going to the
different location to find and use them is not really convenient.
4) I have a lot of messages, but exported most of them to archive folders
using ABC Amber Windows Mail Converter. I did not use Windows Mail "Export"
as this seemed to export the entire mailbox only. This made no noticeable
difference.
So I have not made a lot of useful progress.
Are there any other tips to make Windows Mail usable?
--
John Burnie
"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
Quote:
> Try the fix for slowness:
> Windows Mail Slow
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> Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM)
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> "John Burnie" <john.burnie@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0234157A-57CB-42D1-8578-F9FD195C7D8D@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Since I started using Windows Mail (with Vista Home Premium), it has been
> > very slow when accessing my Contacts List (which contains about 1,000
> > contacts).
> > In Tools - Options - Send, if I tick "Automatically complete e-mail
> > addresses when composing", then Windows Mail takes at least 15 seconds to
> > open a "New Mesage" window. If the same box is unticked, a New Message window
> > will open quickly, but the same delay occurs after clicking "Send". If I do
> > this during one of the frequent occasions when Vista is thrashing my hard
> > drive for no obvious reason, the 15 seconds can extend to over 60 seconds,
> > during which Windows Mail is "not responding" and can't be used for any other
> > activity. Can I alter the program settings to eliminate these delays?
> >
> > I am running Vista Home Premium, with 4GB of memory. I decided to live with
> > this until Vista Service Pack 1 came out. However I have now installed the
> > "Release Candidate" version of SP1, and the problem is no better.
> > --
> > John Burnie
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