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Also see this <br />
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<a href="http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/oeslow.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/oeslow.htm</a>&nbsp;<br />

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Also see this

http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/oeslow.htm [http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/oeslow.htm] 


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OLEXP: Outlook Express Performance Is Slow<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q271/5/10.asp&NoWebContent=1" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q271/5/10.asp&NoWebContent=1</a>
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OLEXP: Outlook Express Performance Is Slow
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q271/5/10.asp&NoWebContent=1 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q271/5/10.asp&NoWebContent=1]

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Did you try doing all the above suggestions ?<br />
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you may also want to reinstall OE and check if that would help<br />
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How to remove and reinstall Outlook Express in Windows 98 <br />
<a href="http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/email/oe_4.0/1913.psc.html" rel="ugc">http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/email/oe_4.0/1913.psc.html</a>
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Did you try doing all the above suggestions ?

you may also want to reinstall OE and check if that would help

How to remove and reinstall Outlook Express in Windows 98
http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/email/oe_4.0/1913.psc.html [http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/email/oe_4.0/1913.psc.html]

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Outlook Express 6.0 takes about 40 seconds to open. &nbsp;Then the first attempt to create an e-mail as a reply or new message takes another 20 seconds to open as a window. &nbsp;I am in Windows 98. &nbsp;Have run all sypware and virus diagnostics and do not subscribe to any newsgroups. &nbsp;Also, I do not use MSN messenger. &nbsp;I did a reinstall from my original CD-ROM ..all worked fine, but that is version 4.something. &nbsp;Problem returned when I re-installed the version 6 update. &nbsp;Any ideas? &nbsp;Thanks.
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Outlook Express 6.0 takes about 40 seconds to open.  Then the first attempt to create an e-mail as a reply or new message takes another 20 seconds to open as a window.  I am in Windows 98.  Have run all sypware and virus diagnostics and do not subscribe to any newsgroups.  Also, I do not use MSN messenger.  I did a reinstall from my original CD-ROM ..all worked fine, but that is version 4.something.  Problem returned when I re-installed the version 6 update.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

Outlook Express Delay

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