Vista - Delay in Startup of Windows Mail

johnmhunt · 05-18-2008

When Microsoft Mail starts on my computer (Vista Home Premium SP1) it sometimes takes more than 60 seconds for the Microsoft Mail startup screen to disappear and normal email (similar to Outlook Express) becomes available. During this time period the computer is, according to the CPU usage indicators, doing a large amount of calculating. At other times it starts in less than a second.

What on earth is happening during this lengthy computational period and why was there no similar delay in XP? It is only a minor annoyance but what advantage does Vista email offer over XP to justify the delay?

Incidentally, this delay occurs on a Vista Home Premium laptop as well as on my desktop computer, which is relatively fast.

05-18-2008

"johnmhunt" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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> W h e n M i c r o s o f t M a i l s t a r t s o n m y c o m
> p u t e r ( V i s t a H o m e P r e m i u m S P 1 ) i t s o
> m e t i m e s t a k e s m o r e t h a n 6 0 s e c o n d s f
> o r t h e M i c r o s o f t M a i l s t a r t u p s c r e e n
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> a r t o O u t l o o k E x p r e s s ) b e c o m e s a v a i l
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> e i n d i c a t o r s , d o i n g a l a r g e a m o u n t o
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> h a t a d v a n t a g e d o e s V i s t a e m a i l o f f e r
> o v e r X P t o j u s t i f y t h e d e l a y ?
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> I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h i s d e l a y o c c u r s o n
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> a s o n m y d e s k t o p c o m p u t e r , w h i c h i s
> r e l a t i v e l y f a s t .
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> johnmhunt

See here:

Windows Mail Slow

<http://www.vistax64.com/vista-mail/72653-windows-mail-fix-slowness-due-large-restricted-site-list.html>

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05-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
johnmhunt vista home premium 32-bit 1 posts	Delay in Startup of Windows Mail When Microsoft Mail starts on my computer (Vista Home Premium SP1) it sometimes takes more than 60 seconds for the Microsoft Mail startup screen to disappear and normal email (similar to Outlook Express) becomes available. During this time period the computer is, according to the CPU usage indicators, doing a large amount of calculating. At other times it starts in less than a second. What on earth is happening during this lengthy computational period and why was there no similar delay in XP? It is only a minor annoyance but what advantage does Vista email offer over XP to justify the delay? Incidentally, this delay occurs on a Vista Home Premium laptop as well as on my desktop computer, which is relatively fast.
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05-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
n/a posts	Re: Delay in Startup of Windows Mail "johnmhunt" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:83e0d78f4407840c33de0e4ada54a92a@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > W h e n M i c r o s o f t M a i l s t a r t s o n m y c o m > p u t e r ( V i s t a H o m e P r e m i u m S P 1 ) i t s o > m e t i m e s t a k e s m o r e t h a n 6 0 s e c o n d s f > o r t h e M i c r o s o f t M a i l s t a r t u p s c r e e n > t o d i s a p p e a r a n d n o r m a l e m a i l ( s i m i l > a r t o O u t l o o k E x p r e s s ) b e c o m e s a v a i l > a b l e . D u r i n g t h i s t i m e p e r i o d t h e c o > m p u t e r i s , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e C P U u s a g > e i n d i c a t o r s , d o i n g a l a r g e a m o u n t o > f c a l c u l a t i n g . A t o t h e r t i m e s i t s t a > r t s i n l e s s t h a n a s e c o n d . > > W h a t o n e a r t h i s h a p p e n i n g d u r i n g t > h i s l e n g t h y c o m p u t a t i o n a l p e r i o d a n d > w h y w a s t h e r e n o s i m i l a r d e l a y i n X P > ? I t i s o n l y a m i n o r a n n o y a n c e b u t w > h a t a d v a n t a g e d o e s V i s t a e m a i l o f f e r > o v e r X P t o j u s t i f y t h e d e l a y ? > > I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h i s d e l a y o c c u r s o n > a V i s t a H o m e P r e m i u m l a p t o p a s w e l l > a s o n m y d e s k t o p c o m p u t e r , w h i c h i s > r e l a t i v e l y f a s t . > > > -- > johnmhunt See here: Windows Mail Slow <http://www.vistax64.com/vista-mail/72653-windows-mail-fix-slowness-due-large-restricted-site-list.html> http://netorator.com/
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