I have a desktop PC running Windows XP SP2. Pentium D processor at
3Ghz. 2GB of RAM. DSL Internet connection. Outlook Express 6 SP2 is my
default email and newsgroup program.

I frequently have friends and relatives send me JPEG images in email.
Just recently, I have noticed that it takes about 2-3 seconds longer for
these images to open up and display. This is not really a problem, but I'm
wondering what might be slowing things down.

I've run a CheckDisk and Disk Defrag. No change. I rebooted into Safe
Mode, opened the same images with Outlook Express, but the same slowness is
apparent even there.

Any ideas?

Try deleting Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and accepting the prompt to
delete all offline files.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
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History Fan wrote:
I have a desktop PC running Windows XP SP2. Pentium D processor at
3Ghz. 2GB of RAM. DSL Internet connection. Outlook Express 6 SP2 is my
default email and newsgroup program.

I frequently have friends and relatives send me JPEG images in email.
Just recently, I have noticed that it takes about 2-3 seconds longer for
these images to open up and display. This is not really a problem, but
I'm
wondering what might be slowing things down.

I've run a CheckDisk and Disk Defrag. No change. I rebooted into
Safe
Mode, opened the same images with Outlook Express, but the same slowness
is
apparent even there.

Any ideas?

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try deleting Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and accepting the prompt to
delete all offline files.
--

I did that, but no change. Anyway, I have CCleaner configured to
clean out my system at every reboot.

History Fan wrote:
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try deleting Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and accepting the prompt to
delete all offline files.
--
I did that, but no change. Anyway, I have CCleaner configured to
clean out my system at every reboot.

To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.
--
~PA Bear

Make sure your AV is not scanning e-mail, or automatically scanning .eml
files.

Just an aside about CCleaner. Do you backup OE daily? My senior colleagues
spent years lambasting MS about losing messages/folders when compacting. MS
finally came up with the BAK backup, but if you run CCleaner at startup,
that defeats the purpose.

I use it myself, but apply it manually.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"History Fan" wrote in message
...
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try deleting Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and accepting the prompt to
delete all offline files.
--

I did that, but no change. Anyway, I have CCleaner configured to
clean out my system at every reboot.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Make sure your AV is not scanning e-mail, or automatically scanning .eml
files.

Just an aside about CCleaner. Do you backup OE daily? My senior colleagues
spent years lambasting MS about losing messages/folders when compacting.
MS finally came up with the BAK backup, but if you run CCleaner at
startup, that defeats the purpose.

I use it myself, but apply it manually.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"History Fan" wrote in message
...
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try deleting Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and accepting the prompt to
delete all offline files.
--

I did that, but no change. Anyway, I have CCleaner configured to
clean out my system at every reboot.






I'm using AVG Free, and it is indeed scanning incoming and outgoing
email. I don't know about .eml files. I temporarily disabled that plugin,
but it didn't change anything. I use OE daily, but never back it up. I
don't know how.

"History Fan" wrote in message
...
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Make sure your AV is not scanning e-mail, or automatically scanning .eml
files.

Just an aside about CCleaner. Do you backup OE daily? My senior
colleagues spent years lambasting MS about losing messages/folders when
compacting. MS finally came up with the BAK backup, but if you run
CCleaner at startup, that defeats the purpose.

I use it myself, but apply it manually.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"History Fan" wrote in message
...
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try deleting Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and accepting the prompt to
delete all offline files.
--

I did that, but no change. Anyway, I have CCleaner configured to
clean out my system at every reboot.






I'm using AVG Free, and it is indeed scanning incoming and outgoing
email. I don't know about .eml files. I temporarily disabled that
plugin, but it didn't change anything. I use OE daily, but never back it
up. I don't know how.



Reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you see
that option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the security center
causes a conflict with the Windows Security Center.


This freeware tool backs up everything in OE in seconds. Disregard what is
written in red. That is referring to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

I'm using AVG Free, and it is indeed scanning incoming and outgoing
email. I don't know about .eml files. I temporarily disabled that
plugin, but it didn't change anything. I use OE daily, but never back it
up. I don't know how.



Reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you see
that option.

Thanks. The above suggestion fixed the problem.

"History Fan" wrote in message
...
I'm using AVG Free, and it is indeed scanning incoming and
outgoing email. I don't know about .eml files. I temporarily disabled
that plugin, but it didn't change anything. I use OE daily, but never
back it up. I don't know how.



Reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you
see that option.

Thanks. The above suggestion fixed the problem.



You're welcome. Glad it's working.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA