IF you have antivirus email integration enabled then disable it.
Download any messages that might be left on your server with another email
account then see if Outlook behaves better.

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"Robin" wrote in message
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there is no mobile device connected when this occurs.
I have 1 email account - pop account and email is downloaded from the web
account to my laptop. I used the word freezing - but it is more like the
system is busy no other tasks are possible until this synchronization is
completed. I have a new lap top and am not near using it to maximum.....
thanks! Robin

"BillR [MVP]" wrote:

You'll need to look in Tools | Email Accounts and see what is there.
Do you have a mobile device connected?

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"Robin" wrote in message
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hi Bill,
It is not clear what it is synchronizing with. There is an icon in the
botttom right system tray for outlook that indicates it is synching but
not
what with. I wondered if it could be the webmail program that is
provided
by
my ISP (???)
I'm not sure how to answer re types of accounts - I have one - a pop3
account. But as I said, my ISP provides a web mail account that I
primarily
use to review and manage spam files.
Thanks ~ Robin

"BillR [MVP]" wrote:

What is it synchronizing with? What type of email accounts do you use?

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"Robin" wrote in message
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My Outlook 2003 has suddenly started to begun synchronizing files
frequently
and when it does it frequently freezes my desktop preventing me from
working
on other things. I can't figure out why...I tried a system restore
to
an
earlier point when I knew it wasn't occurring - but that hasn't
helped.
Is
there some kind of setting I should be aware of?