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Outlook 2003 slow with contacts
I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another computer
to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts into the "Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my contacts into the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so! After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a .pst file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder. This works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder. At that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over the CPU. Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I can link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but not here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent about 16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!! |
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Outlook 2003 slow with contacts
Have you checked for any corrupt or damaged Contacts in the Folder before
you moved them? Are you certain you exited Outlook completely before you copied the PST file? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another computer to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts into the "Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my contacts into the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so! After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a .pst file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder. This works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder. At that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over the CPU. Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I can link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but not here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent about 16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!! |
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Outlook 2003 slow with contacts
According to scanpst.exe, both my overall Personal Folder, as well as the one
containing the Contacts, are fine. Is there another way to check? I can now even get to the point where the Contacts are ok and do not hang my computer if they are in a sub-folder of the main Contacts folder (Contacts, with "+" next to it, that when opened leads to another "Contacts"). However, as soon as I try to cut, copy, move to folder, or copy to folder to get them into the main Contact folder, Outlook starts cycling the CPU. Once this happens, as soon as I delete them from the main Contacts folder, all problems stop. This is driving me crazy!!! Thank you for your help! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Have you checked for any corrupt or damaged Contacts in the Folder before you moved them? Are you certain you exited Outlook completely before you copied the PST file? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another computer to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts into the "Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my contacts into the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so! After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a .pst file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder. This works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder. At that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over the CPU. Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I can link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but not here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent about 16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!! |
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Outlook 2003 slow with contacts
Very odd. I've never seen anything like it. Are you sure the destination PST
file has no errors? How many Contacts in the default folder? What happens if you create a new PST and try to copy the Contacts into it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... According to scanpst.exe, both my overall Personal Folder, as well as the one containing the Contacts, are fine. Is there another way to check? I can now even get to the point where the Contacts are ok and do not hang my computer if they are in a sub-folder of the main Contacts folder (Contacts, with "+" next to it, that when opened leads to another "Contacts"). However, as soon as I try to cut, copy, move to folder, or copy to folder to get them into the main Contact folder, Outlook starts cycling the CPU. Once this happens, as soon as I delete them from the main Contacts folder, all problems stop. This is driving me crazy!!! Thank you for your help! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Have you checked for any corrupt or damaged Contacts in the Folder before you moved them? Are you certain you exited Outlook completely before you copied the PST file? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another computer to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts into the "Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my contacts into the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so! After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a .pst file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder. This works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder. At that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over the CPU. Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I can link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but not here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent about 16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!! |
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Outlook 2003 slow with contacts
I agree, it is odd. I have a total of about 260 contacts, but all are in a
sub-folder under Contacts, default Contacts has 0 contacts in it. I've tried re-installing Outlook several times. I've tried setting up a new PST several times. Either way, I end up with the same results - Outlook takes over my CPU when contacts are placed in the default Contacts folder. I've run scanpst.exe on both the destination and source, and it reports back no errors on both. Is there another way to determine if there are any errors on either the source or destination? I have the same build of Outlook and set of contacts on my desktop and it runs without issue. Worst case, I'll leave all of my contacts in a sub-folder of the Contacts folder, but that seems sort of silly. Russ, thank you for your help and insight... I'm still hoping we can come up with something that works! - Matt "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Very odd. I've never seen anything like it. Are you sure the destination PST file has no errors? How many Contacts in the default folder? What happens if you create a new PST and try to copy the Contacts into it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... According to scanpst.exe, both my overall Personal Folder, as well as the one containing the Contacts, are fine. Is there another way to check? I can now even get to the point where the Contacts are ok and do not hang my computer if they are in a sub-folder of the main Contacts folder (Contacts, with "+" next to it, that when opened leads to another "Contacts"). However, as soon as I try to cut, copy, move to folder, or copy to folder to get them into the main Contact folder, Outlook starts cycling the CPU. Once this happens, as soon as I delete them from the main Contacts folder, all problems stop. This is driving me crazy!!! Thank you for your help! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Have you checked for any corrupt or damaged Contacts in the Folder before you moved them? Are you certain you exited Outlook completely before you copied the PST file? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another computer to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts into the "Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my contacts into the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so! After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a .pst file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder. This works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder. At that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over the CPU. Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I can link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but not here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent about 16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!! |
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Outlook 2003 slow with contacts
The only thing I see that is unique to your circumstance is having a default
Contact Folder with 0 Contacts. No one uses Outlook that way, nor was it designed for that scenario. If you use Outlook conventionally, does the problem persist? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... I agree, it is odd. I have a total of about 260 contacts, but all are in a sub-folder under Contacts, default Contacts has 0 contacts in it. I've tried re-installing Outlook several times. I've tried setting up a new PST several times. Either way, I end up with the same results - Outlook takes over my CPU when contacts are placed in the default Contacts folder. I've run scanpst.exe on both the destination and source, and it reports back no errors on both. Is there another way to determine if there are any errors on either the source or destination? I have the same build of Outlook and set of contacts on my desktop and it runs without issue. Worst case, I'll leave all of my contacts in a sub-folder of the Contacts folder, but that seems sort of silly. Russ, thank you for your help and insight... I'm still hoping we can come up with something that works! - Matt "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Very odd. I've never seen anything like it. Are you sure the destination PST file has no errors? How many Contacts in the default folder? What happens if you create a new PST and try to copy the Contacts into it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... According to scanpst.exe, both my overall Personal Folder, as well as the one containing the Contacts, are fine. Is there another way to check? I can now even get to the point where the Contacts are ok and do not hang my computer if they are in a sub-folder of the main Contacts folder (Contacts, with "+" next to it, that when opened leads to another "Contacts"). However, as soon as I try to cut, copy, move to folder, or copy to folder to get them into the main Contact folder, Outlook starts cycling the CPU. Once this happens, as soon as I delete them from the main Contacts folder, all problems stop. This is driving me crazy!!! Thank you for your help! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Have you checked for any corrupt or damaged Contacts in the Folder before you moved them? Are you certain you exited Outlook completely before you copied the PST file? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Matt" wrote in message ... I have a new computer and am trying to move my contacts from another computer to the new one. I'm trying to determine how to best get my contacts into the "Contacts" folder without hanging my system. Whenever I get my contacts into the Contacts folder Outlook takes over my CPU every 6 seconds or so! After reading some previous posts, I tried saving the contacts to a .pst file that I then opened into Outlook as another Personal File Folder. This works well and does not take over my CPU until I try to cut / copy the contacts from this second Person Folder into the main Contacts folder. At that point, I have the same problem as before with Outlook taking over the CPU. Unfortunately, I need the contacts in the main Contact folder so that I can link to my Treo. The set-up works perfectly on my other computer, but not here. Any help would be very much appreciated, as I've already spent about 16 hours trying different things to get this to work. Thanks!!! |
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