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Old 07-15-2008   #1 (permalink)
Bruce Hood


 
 

slowness of Windows Mail

Why is it that when i got to reply to an email message, or forward it, or
even when I hit 'create mail' - it seems to take forever to get going -
Outlook Express was far superior in this regard.
thx for your assistance


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Old 07-15-2008   #2 (permalink)


 
 

Re: slowness of Windows Mail


"Bruce Hood" <bruce@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Why is it that when i got to reply to an email message, or forward it, or
> even when I hit 'create mail' - it seems to take forever to get going -
> Outlook Express was far superior in this regard.
> thx for your assistance
There are a number of possible causes. See here:

Windows Mail Slow

Also, you might have too little RAM memory. Many cheap computers
come with only 512MB, although Vista runs slowly with only that
much. As far as I can tell, Windows Mail doesn't need more than
1 GB to run at essentially full speed, though.


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Old 09-23-2009   #3 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen


 
 

Re: slowness of Windows Mail

Try this fix for slowness:

Windows Mail Slow

If no improvement, upgrade to Windows Live Mail:

http://download.live.com/wlmail

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/VanderMolen


"Dianne" <Dianne@newsgroup> wrote in message news:2579DA40-95E2-4DD7-A5A5-9E4437806F2D@newsgroup
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> Is anyone else experiencing this? When I want to compose, I have to wait
> several seconds before the composing frame is ready. Seems VERY slow
> compared to Outlook Express. Also, why doesn't windows mail remember
> addresses? Very frustrating!
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Old 09-23-2009   #4 (permalink)
Stan Starinski


 
 

Re: slowness of Windows Mail

Everything in Vista is slower than WinXP a nd in this case OE.
Vista was designed specifically to kill time.

GVet Thunderbird instead of Winmail
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