If you're using Personal Folders, were they brought over from an earlier version of Outlook or was a PST created in Outlook 2003 and the contents of the older PST copied into it?
If the PST is from an earlier version of Outlook, I'm wondering about the PST size. In addition, make sure Outlook is really closed. Check the task manager, OUTLOOK.EXE will typically run for about 10 seconds after closing it. If it remains open, then there is something that is holding it open (like FAX software, synch software for a handheld, etc.). ----- Original Message ----- From: Maglinger, Paul To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:59 PM Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING So you're using Personal Folders at the workstation? How large are your PST files? Corrupted PST files can cause delays in Outlook opening up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING I think I may have misunderstood the original question. My interpretation of offline meant that the folders are not stored on the Exchange Server, but are included in the Outlook folder list. We did this to reduce the amount of space neede on the Exchange Server. We refer to these files as offline here. Murray ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING Why are you running offline folders on workstations? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING Workstations and off line folders. Murray ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING Laptops or workstations? Offline folders? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING Running XP SP3 and yes, all our workstations are Dell! Murray ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 6:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING Are you running Vista 64 bit? Is this a Dell PC? Bob Fronk P Please print only as needed. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OUTLOOK 2003 VERY SLOW OPENING I've done some research before posting this issue, and can't find any good suggestions, so I'm going to the "Source". We have Exchange Server 2K3 running on a Windows Server 2K3 and use the Outlook 2K3 Client. Recently we are having significant slowness upon opening the client first thing in the morning after logging into the network. Later in the day, if opening the client after closing the client, the client loads very fast, within a few seconds. We'd surely like to determine the cause of the slowness or at least a fix. Since we have staggered start times here, it's not like everyone is opening the client at the very same time. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Murray
