Hello Everyone!
It has been a while since I have had to ask a question here but I know if I want a proper answer, this is indeed the place.
My problem is bizarre but very irritating. I am using MS Office 2003 and when I open my email, it does its usual send/receive and then after that, it continues to do something which is sort of a refresh but I call it more of a tic. Not only that when Outlook is open, it affects other programs like Word and even Photoshop. It is as if something Outlook is trying to do and perhaps failing that is causing the whole screen to flash or tic or whatever you want to call it.
The screen doesn’t go black, there is no loss of performance. The best way I can describe it is let’s say your running an install of a large program like Photoshop. As it does the install there is a sort of “blinking” that goes on as it does its thing. I don’t know if I am making any sense. I hope I am.
I ran a search here and I found something that sort of matched what I was talking about and the problem ended up being the result of the user’s wireless batteries going dead. I thought hmmm… okay. My batteries are fine but I will swap out the mouse just to be sure. Nope, that didn’t do it.
I have uninstalled every single program I don’t need and ran MSCONFIG to ensure there is nothing running that isn’t integral to the OS.
Still the same! It is real bad when I have Outlook open and try and work in Photoshop. The flashing thing is worse in that program. I have to close Outlook just to keep from going mad.
Here are my specs:
Sony VAIO VGN-250E
1 GB of proper Kingston RAM. None of that Value RAM stuff,
1.73 Ghz
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Program affected: Outlook
I have all service packs and updates installed.
Running NOD32 virus protection.
Probably more information than needed but I thought more is better.
I thank any and all who can assist!
Take care,
Ben