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Outlook 2003: Explorer 100% CPU???

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by iwan.streichenberger

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Recently, I have been facing a very frustrating problem.
I am using my Outlook 2003 for getting my Yahoo mails via POP3.
However, recently, every time my outlook (automatically) sends and receives, it does freeze my computer. It takes a very long time to get very small mails (several seconds and even minutes) and during that time. my computer is frozen. Then, when the e-mail has arrived (icon gone), things go back to normal.
I have checked the process and explorer runs at 100% which leads me to think about a problem with XP.
I use Windows XP, Office 2003 and Norton Internet Security 2007.
Thanks a lot for your help.

Iwan

Note: this is even worse when I am on battery and my CPU is set to slow to save battery. It takes a huge time...

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by hal 9000

Last round of M$ Security Patches. It appears that something is causing the E-Mail Client to become unresponsive when it first opens and this can take some time to work itself out. But when it does it works OK till you open it again. If it's left open there are no problems.

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by iwan.streichenberger

Timing was the same for me but unfortunately it remains slow for a while and the mails take a very very long time to download...
Getting very frustrated. Do you know which patch could be the problem?

by hal 9000

I haven't really bothered to track it down as once the Client starts working it's fine till I turn it off again so I just tend to leave the Mail Client open most of the time.

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by dalenugen

If you are running ie7, windows xp, and Office 2003 and you updated with 931768 or 933566, you are in the microsoft blender of incompatibility. You need to either uninstall ie7 or set office 2003 to open at "Office Today" then go to inbox and you'll be fine.
Microsoft, I hope you are listening because this is your problem and at the cost of your software you should have fixed this already.

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