I recently bought a Vista computer and had my Outlook Express mail converted to Windows Mail. I'm finding the performance to be VERY slow, where Outlook Express with XP had no delays with half the RAM (now have 2GB). When I create a new e-mail, the new message opens immediately but locks up for approx. 8 seconds. It takes another 5-6 seconds for my address list to pop-up after pushing the "To" button. I understand that Windows Mail uses a real database with separate entries for each e-mail (much different than the Outlook Express construct), but regardless of whether there's a trade-off of security versus speed, something just doesn't seem right with the Windows Mail system. Anyone else have the same symptoms or know what might be happening? I've made some attempt to reduce my address book entries (and will continue to do so), but that shouldn't affect the delays for creating a new e-mail. Are there Vista security settings that are affecting this???

under Tools/Options/Send Uncheck "Automatically complete e-mail addresses when composing" ad see if things go better. It's a major bug in my idea..

Thanks for the tip! That "temporarily" fixed the slow creation of e-mail. I like that feature, and it worked fine with Outlook Express. Agree that it's a major bug!
Anyone have a fix for the slow address book issue (short of reducing my address book entries)?
"Brevetodes" wrote:

Try opening Windows Calendar and see if that makes any difference.
Also see if this makes any difference:
1. Go to the Vista start menu and type cmd 2. The search results will display a program titled cmd 3. Right-click on the link and select "Run as administrator" 4. type "netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled" without the quotatioin marks 5. Test your POP account and see if you can now download your mail. 6. If nothing changes, reenable the autotuning feature by typing "netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal"
And also see here: oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
steve
"Superfly"