Tips To Fix Slow Performance of Microsoft® Outlook 2010

Microsoft Outlook 2010 would download e-mails and attachments for all folders like inbox, sent items, personal folders etc. So, it would take some time to download the messages. To speed up Microsoft Outlook, you may change the settings to download only the message header. There are several causes for the slow performance of Microsoft Outlook 2010. If there are any problems with the recent add-ins, it would perform slowly. Interrupted folder updates, corrupted inbox messages, critical file corruption etc may also cause slow performance of Microsoft Outlook. Heavy attachments in the PST files also slow the Microsoft Outlook’s performance. Sometimes, it takes hours for sending a mail. For solving this problem, click on the ‘Tools’ tab, select 'Mail Format' tab, and then select ‘Internet Format’. Many rules created in the Microsoft Outlook to manage the message would also affect the performance badly.
- Tips to fix slow performance issue
- Fix a slow Microsoft Outlook
- To increase Microsoft Outlook speed
Tips to fix slow performance issue
Before trying to fix the issue with Microsoft Outlook, you have to make sure that your system meets all the requirements. If there is any problem with hard disk, you have to fix it as it can be a cause for the slow performance. You have to remove all the unwanted add-ins and gadgets which are installed in your system. You have to disable the connection between Microsoft Outlook and antivirus software. You have to disable the connection with Microsoft Office communicator. For resolving issues with large files, your system requires recovery tools. Then, your system would work fine with a great speed.
Fix a slow Microsoft Outlook
First, you have to clean up your e-mail trash and junk mail folders. For that, right click on both folders and click 'Empty' This would speed up your Microsoft Outlook by reducing the size of PST file. For disabling unwanted plug-ins, you may click on the ‘Tools’ button and then click on ‘Trust center’ and ‘Add-ins’. You have to remove the files which are not being used. Otherwise, it would slow down your Microsoft Outlook speed.
You can improve the performance of your Microsoft Outlook by using SysTools. It contains a PST compress tool. This tool would compress all the folders in your system such as folders, contacts, calendars, journals, e-mail folders etc. and make it a small-sized PST file. This software is easy to use. Using this software, you can compress the PST files without storing attachments; you can extract the attachments whenever needed. These compressed files would be saved in a zipped file format. They would be stored in another folder. This would improve the overall performance of Microsoft Outlook.
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