Running WinXP, and Office 2003. In Outlook, there is a long delay (2-3 minutes) when attaching a Word or Excel file into an outgoing message. Hard drive churns the whole time.
* Delay happens only with Word and Excel files. PDF files, for example, will attach instantly.
* This delay happens only in the first instance of the computer session. That is, the delay does not happen again until the machine is restarted. I can exit Outlook and go into it again later and there is no delay when attaching a word or excel file.
* Files being attached are in local drive. The is no network involved.
* The computer does not freeze during this delay. I can toggle to other windows and work normally, albeit slowly.
I use other computers with seemingly identical configurations and there is never a delay in attaching files.
Theories?
