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Outlook 2000 uses excessive paging file

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by jyaoldotcom

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Outlook locks up. runs fine in safe mode. uninstalled, reinstalled outlook and office. Uninstalled addins and anthing I could find that works with outlooks such as spamfighter etc. Deleted any keys reference outlook or office and reinstalled but problem presists. I know safe mode only prevents addins and customization to be bypassed but I disabled all and I still have the problem. Outlooks simply runs through a cycle of using the page file until it hits 1.92 gigs and quits. Deleted profiles and services too. Out of solutions at this point. thanks

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by dude5t

Hi,
I would look at your mail size ie...inbox,sent items, and would consider archiving your mail and see how this works.

Bill

by jyaoldotcom

Thanks Dude 5, yes I had already checked the size and it's pretty small. I had also ran the PST repair untility that comes with windows and it did correct some minor problems. However my problem presists. I guess a clean format it's my only option. thank you though for your suggestion.

by jyaoldotcom

Thanks everyone for the help. After a long battle I discovered it was the video driver. Once I updated the video driver everything worked fine. I would never have guessed. Running outlook in safe mode only leaves out the customization and plugins. I am not sure why the driver has an effect on outlook. Thank you all.

by faehling

Huge page file created when Outlook starts-

Search for the file outcmd.dat. It should be in your profile in C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR-NAME-HERE\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. With Outlook closed, delete the outcmd.dat file.

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CPU usage at 100% when Outlook is running-

Must have Office 2000 SP3 installed- Go to the www.support.microsoft.com website, search for olk0901.exe, download and install

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