Opening Outlook Faster

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When I turn on my PC it starts up fairly quickly but when going for the first time of the day to Outlook, Internet Explorer or any other program it takes avery long time. For example it takes 5 minutes to open Outlook and 4 minutes to open IE. After I use these programs and exit them and reopen them they open fairly quickly, Outlook and IE open in about 2o seconds. Would appreciate any tips on how to get programs to open more quickly when opening them for the first time of the day.

I have a Dell PC with 1993 Mhz, and Windows XP Professional.

 

[mscallisto]

how much memory do you have?

when was the last time you did a disk dleanup and defrag?

sam

 

[linney]

What do they open like from Safe Mode? If they are snappy and quick, try isolating the cause by further steps.

310353 - How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310353&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

316434 - HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

310560 - How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310560&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[BadBigBen]

for the first time of the day to Outlook, Internet Explorer or any other program it takes avery long time

correct, because it has to load all the DLLs, and the Outlook messages DB into memory...

Would appreciate any tips on how to get programs to open more quickly when opening them for the first time of the day.

Turn on Prefetch for all programs...

http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/65973-windows-xp-prefetch.html

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.

 

[markdavies1978]

Out of interest do you have a large .pst file(s)?

This can slow Outlook down esp if your .pst files are on a LAN/WAN.