Is Outlook 2007 slow to respond? Do you often get the “Not Responding” message?
On my wife’s brand new Dell Inspiron 6400 (Core 2 Duo 2 gigs RAM, 7200 RPM harddrive) – Outlook 2007 often slows/is blocked with the message “Outlook is Not Responding”. My wife is frustrated because her new computer appears no faster than the five year old AMD it replaced. As the house IT guy I’m frustrated.
In the end alot of googling suggested the addins (Lockergnome had the best thread). Many people have found removing the Dell installed Cyberlink (crapware?) has improved performance. In our case I went alot further I’ve studied most of the addins (Menu Tools -> Trust Center… -> Add ins) and found most of unnecessary for a home user:
- Exchange Unified Messaging – clever but we don’t run an exchange server.
- Microsoft Outlook Mobile – forwards important messages to your mobile (cellphone) – clever except that if your on the road chances are the laptop is to.
- Several more of limited value to the home user.
So I disabled most of them via add-in manager (at the bottom of the Trust Center Dialog). Some of the add-ins refuse to be disabled this way and you may need remove (ie uninstall) them.
Good luck and improving your performance. BTW To my regular readers my blog will return to my regular writing when the laptop is completely sorted out.
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June 10, 2007 at 5:13 pm | Fei
Thank you! I was getting this annoying message over and over. Great solution.
July 10, 2008 at 9:48 am | Robby Slaughter
Here’s a workaround which is *amazingly* effective for me. When Outlook 2007 on Vista freezes up when trying to save a contact or an appointment or send an email, go to the icon in the bottom right corner of the taskbar and right click. Select “Cancel Server Request.” Works perfectly!