Comments on: Outlook 2007 hangs when receiving e-mail http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html Analysis of Trends in Technology, Business, Society Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steven Fey http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-2568 Steven Fey Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:56:37 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-2568 I just got here because I had the exact problem. I did what Jakob suggests above and it cured the issue completely. I'm typing this using Firefox, so I'm not a Microsoft apologist, but I do have to say that simply saying "I don't use Microsoft!" is only making life more difficult. In business, Microsoft will let you essentially work with everyone else without any tweaking at all. Still, they can be very frustrating, and their help tends to go into a level of detail that I can't believe even Bill Gates could appreciate. Thanks for the help! Steve I just got here because I had the exact problem. I did what Jakob suggests above and it cured the issue completely. I’m typing this using Firefox, so I’m not a Microsoft apologist, but I do have to say that simply saying “I don’t use Microsoft!” is only making life more difficult. In business, Microsoft will let you essentially work with everyone else without any tweaking at all. Still, they can be very frustrating, and their help tends to go into a level of detail that I can’t believe even Bill Gates could appreciate.

Thanks for the help!

Steve

]]> By: leodirac http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-354 leodirac Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:54:56 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-354 <p>Thanks for the tip. I'm glad that worked for you. I'm pretty sure that at the time I tried disabling all search indexers because I suspected they were part of the problem. Of course YMMV. But now that I think about it more, I remember that I couldn't figure out how to uninstall live search which I found annoying so maybe I never figured out how to disable it either. </p> Thanks for the tip. I'm glad that worked for you. I'm pretty sure that at the time I tried disabling all search indexers because I suspected they were part of the problem. Of course YMMV. But now that I think about it more, I remember that I couldn't figure out how to uninstall live search which I found annoying so maybe I never figured out how to disable it either.

]]> By: Jakob Hessellund http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-353 Jakob Hessellund Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:38:19 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-353 <p>I have had the exact same experience and it was killing me. The solution is to disable the live desktop search indexing for Outlook in the preferences (right click on the magnifying glaas icon in the tray bottom right on your screen), edit and deselect Outlook (and anything else if you want it to stop completely).<br /> Enjoy fast(er) Outlook again.</p> I have had the exact same experience and it was killing me. The solution is to disable the live desktop search indexing for Outlook in the preferences (right click on the magnifying glaas icon in the tray bottom right on your screen), edit and deselect Outlook (and anything else if you want it to stop completely).
Enjoy fast(er) Outlook again.

]]> By: leodirac http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-352 leodirac Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:37:50 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-352 <p>Why yes, I do have a suggestion! You're really not stuck with Microsoft at all. Try gmail. It comes with a free, hosted mail service or you can use it as a UI to read an existing email account through POP3. If you'd like to keep your existing email address, it will appear to send email using a non-gmail address. It has gobs of storage, near-instant full-text searching, filtering rules, built-in chat and much more. You can also access it securely at <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail" rel="nofollow">https://mail.google.com/mail</a> if you're concerned about your mail getting sniffed as you read it, as I am. With the recent performance improvements, it is also quite fast.</p> Why yes, I do have a suggestion! You're really not stuck with Microsoft at all. Try gmail. It comes with a free, hosted mail service or you can use it as a UI to read an existing email account through POP3. If you'd like to keep your existing email address, it will appear to send email using a non-gmail address. It has gobs of storage, near-instant full-text searching, filtering rules, built-in chat and much more. You can also access it securely at https://mail.google.com/mail if you're concerned about your mail getting sniffed as you read it, as I am. With the recent performance improvements, it is also quite fast.

]]> By: Jerome http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-351 Jerome Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:45:13 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-351 <p>I've started using Outlook 2007 in September. After I decided to update the security issues and using the tasks feature, the whole outlook 2007 freezes and I was never ever been able to access my emails again. It just wouldn't load as if it's sucking up all the resources and going in cycles. I've tried all the recommended solutions that I can find online, but it's still not working. Finally, I give up and un-installed the whole office 2007 SB package. I definitely think that MS Office 2007 should be shelved. MS is still very quiet about it. Any suggestions for another email managing software? Looks like we will be stuck with MS for a long time.</p> I've started using Outlook 2007 in September. After I decided to update the security issues and using the tasks feature, the whole outlook 2007 freezes and I was never ever been able to access my emails again. It just wouldn't load as if it's sucking up all the resources and going in cycles. I've tried all the recommended solutions that I can find online, but it's still not working. Finally, I give up and un-installed the whole office 2007 SB package. I definitely think that MS Office 2007 should be shelved. MS is still very quiet about it. Any suggestions for another email managing software? Looks like we will be stuck with MS for a long time.

]]> By: leodirac http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-350 leodirac Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:14:09 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-350 <p>You can easily start your own revolution. Just stop using Microsoft products. There are lots of fabulous alternatives out there, many of them free. Getting your corporate overlords to follow suit might require a bit more of a mutinous uprising though.</p> You can easily start your own revolution. Just stop using Microsoft products. There are lots of fabulous alternatives out there, many of them free. Getting your corporate overlords to follow suit might require a bit more of a mutinous uprising though.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-349 Joseph Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:41:39 +0000 http://wp.embracingchaos.com/2007/06/outlook_2007_lo.html#comment-349 <p>Can we start a revolution? F$#king unacceptable that Microsoft has let this problem persist.</p> Can we start a revolution? F$#king unacceptable that Microsoft has let this problem persist.

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