If you don't use the journal I would try turning it off and see what happens. Any possibility you might have a virus / malware infestation? Is the slowdown only apparent in Outlook? Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debbie Shannon Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:33 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Outlook 2003, really slow Hi, Outlook is running really slow on my pc and I am wondering if there is some special maintenance that should be run? I just finished checking the properties of my Personal Folders, here are the results... Total Size...342,532 KB Inbox...1411 KB Sent items....43,474 KB X-Save.....288,573 KB Could the size of my Personal Folders be causing a slow down? Also I noticed that Journal is turned on, does that slow Outlook down? This is running on WinXP Home SP2 Thanks for any help. Debbie ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************