MS Outlook - Help!

[davieG]

Anyone an expert on this? Just recently and seemingly coinciding with me upgrading the memory mine has has gone on a go slow.

For example when typing a message I have to wait ages for the text to appear in the message.Opening any other aspect of it also drags.

Can anyone suggest why this is happening and offer a solution?

My system:

Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2

Pentium® 4CPU 3.00GHz

3.01 GHz1.50GB of RAM

MS Outlook 2000 SP-3

[hairy]

Maybe your new memory is faulty. Put the old one back in and see if that sorts it. We bought a load of new memory for work and some of it was faulty.

Worth a try.

[davieG]

Maybe your new memory is faulty. Put the old one back in and see if that sorts it. We bought a load of new memory for work and some of it was faulty.

Worth a try.

It was in addition to what I had, I'm not 100% sure the timing is correct it's just a perception I have. Nothing else seems to be affected. But could be worth a try

[hairy]

It was in addition to what I had, I'm not 100% sure the timing is correct it's just a perception I have. Nothing else seems to be affected. But could be worth a try

and your sure you bought the correct type of memory that is compatible with the rest and that is inserted in the correct bay. If not it could be overriding your existing memory and thus reducing the memory rather than enhancing it.

[hairy]

Go to the properties on my computer and see what memory it says is present.

i.e. right click on my computer down to properties then hardware it should tell you i the general tab (I think).

[davieG]

and your sure you bought the correct type of memory that is compatible with the rest and that is inserted in the correct bay. If not it could be overriding your existing memory and thus reducing the memory rather than enhancing it.

Well there was some confusion over the compatability, PC World, where I got the PC from said it might not be but the Website of people that made the PC recommeded it.

It's definitely in the right slot as it was the only one left for memory. The strange thing is nothing else is slower, whether anything is quicker is hard to tell.

[davieG]

Go to the properties on my computer and see what memory it says is present.

i.e. right click on my computer down to properties then hardware it should tell you i the general tab (I think).

That's the info I've posted in my the first post.

[hairy]

Well there was some confusion over the compatability, PC World, where I got the PC from said it might not be but the Website of people that made the PC recommeded it.

It's definitely in the right slot as it was the only one left for memory. The strange thing is nothing else is slower, whether anything is quicker is hard to tell.

Yes but it depends on the slot it is in. Certain slots prioritise the memeory in that slot. Some memory has to be run independantly of other memory or in paralel.

The memory is also allocated use in high and lower which as I understand it can effect different processes in different ways.

[hairy]

That's the info I've posted in my the first post.

Its working then. I dont know if I can help you on this anymore. Sorry.

[davieG]

Its working then. I dont know if I can help you on this anymore. Sorry.

Thanks hairy, I think I will try removing the memory when I get the chance.

[hairy]

This might help davieG found it on another forum:-

If you have more than 1GB RAM, the best thing you could do to speed up your computer - is get rid of your pagefile! (well, lower it to nearly nothing)

I had 1GB last month, but becase my pagefile in XP (then Vista) was 2GB, it was only half used, this means that 500MB odd was being cached in my pagefile, on my hard drive!

And for those who dont know, hard drives can read/write at around 500MB/sec, if not far slower! But RAM, on the other hand, can read/write at 1.1GB+/sec - and thats low end, PC2700 ram!

Plus of course, lowering the amount of time your HDD is used, makes it last longer....

So, if you remove your pagefile, and let your RAM do the work, your computer will cache stuff at 2+ times what it is on your HDD, and your HDD, with all your sensitive data, should last longer!

These are the pagefiles I would recomend :-

1GB RAM............: 900-1100MB pagefile

1.5GB RAM..........: 900-1024MB pagefile

2GB RAM.............: 500-700MB pagefile (or if you want, lower, but keep it over 200MB, for windows dumps, or higher if you like to put your computer into some kind of "standby" mode...)

3GB+ RAM...........: 200MB

But of course, mess around with it.....every computer will be different, you may see a huge difference if you are a gamer, or little difference if you use one program like firefox at a time....

By the way, just for people who dont know, heres how to change your pagefile in XP/Vista...

Quote:

Start the System Control panel applet (start - settings - control panel - system)

Click the Performance tab

Under the Virtual Memory section it will tell the currently configured amount. Click Change.

A list of all partitions and the size of any pagefiles that exist will be listed next to them. To modify the size of an existing pagefile select the drive, e.g. c: and in the "Paging File Size for Selected Drive" enter a new Initial and Maximum size. Click Set when you have changed the values. The minimum size is 2MB but the total size of all pagefiles should be at least the size of memory + 11MB.

If you want to add an additional page file, select a drive that does not currently have a pagefile, e.g. d:, enter an initial and maximum and then click Set.

Once you have completed all changes click OK.

Click OK to the System control panel applet

You will have to reboot the machine for the change to take effect.

Oh btw, I have 3GB RAM, and right now, I am using 1.4GB of it, compared to half that when I was using my slow HDD to cache most of my stuff....

Hope this helps!

[Zingari]

i don't know much about computers but i think your sig. band is "country joe and the fish" at woodstock

( bet you really wanted to know that )

[hairy]

i don't know much about computers but i think your sig. band is "country joe and the fish" at woodstock

( bet you really wanted to know that )

Bloody hippies

[davieG]

i don't know much about computers but i think your sig. band is "country joe and the fish" at woodstock

( bet you really wanted to know that )

Never heard of them myself, but hey it's a load off my mind, an end to sleepless nights is at hand

[davieG]

This might help davieG found it on another forum:-

If you have more than 1GB RAM, the best thing you could do to speed up your computer - is get rid of your pagefile! (well, lower it to nearly nothing)

I had 1GB last month, but becase my pagefile in XP (then Vista) was 2GB, it was only half used, this means that 500MB odd was being cached in my pagefile, on my hard drive!

And for those who dont know, hard drives can read/write at around 500MB/sec, if not far slower! But RAM, on the other hand, can read/write at 1.1GB+/sec - and thats low end, PC2700 ram!

Plus of course, lowering the amount of time your HDD is used, makes it last longer....

So, if you remove your pagefile, and let your RAM do the work, your computer will cache stuff at 2+ times what it is on your HDD, and your HDD, with all your sensitive data, should last longer!

These are the pagefiles I would recomend :-

1GB RAM............: 900-1100MB pagefile

1.5GB RAM..........: 900-1024MB pagefile

2GB RAM.............: 500-700MB pagefile (or if you want, lower, but keep it over 200MB, for windows dumps, or higher if you like to put your computer into some kind of "standby" mode...)

3GB+ RAM...........: 200MB

But of course, mess around with it.....every computer will be different, you may see a huge difference if you are a gamer, or little difference if you use one program like firefox at a time....

By the way, just for people who dont know, heres how to change your pagefile in XP/Vista...

Quote:

Start the System Control panel applet (start - settings - control panel - system)

Click the Performance tab

Under the Virtual Memory section it will tell the currently configured amount. Click Change.

A list of all partitions and the size of any pagefiles that exist will be listed next to them. To modify the size of an existing pagefile select the drive, e.g. c: and in the "Paging File Size for Selected Drive" enter a new Initial and Maximum size. Click Set when you have changed the values. The minimum size is 2MB but the total size of all pagefiles should be at least the size of memory + 11MB.

If you want to add an additional page file, select a drive that does not currently have a pagefile, e.g. d:, enter an initial and maximum and then click Set.

Once you have completed all changes click OK.

Click OK to the System control panel applet

You will have to reboot the machine for the change to take effect.

Oh btw, I have 3GB RAM, and right now, I am using 1.4GB of it, compared to half that when I was using my slow HDD to cache most of my stuff....

Hope this helps!

Thanks for that hairy, I've just changed it from 768/1536 to 900/1024 for 1.5GB let's hope it helps.

PS my paradigm keeps making me write Harry and not hairy