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.

Possibly you have a large amount of mail in the Inbox.

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"John M. Hunt" <> wrote in message
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> 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.
>

John M. Hunt;716465 Wrote:
> When Microsoft Mail starts on my computer (Vista Home Premium SP1) i
> sometimes takes more than 60 seconds for the Microsoft Mail startu
> scree
> to disappear and normal email (similar to Outlook Express) become
> available. During this time period the computer is, according to th
> CP
> usage indicators, doing a large amount of calculating. At other time
> i
> starts in less than a second
>
> What on earth is happening during this lengthy computational period an
> wh
> was there no similar delay in XP? It is only a minor annoyance but wha
> advantage does Vista email offer over XP to justify the delay
>
> Incidentally, this delay occurs on a Vista Home Premium laptop as wel
> as o
> my desktop computer, which is relatively fast

Hi John

This tutorial may help you

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72...-mail-slow.htm

Shaw

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