Re: OE6 VERY slow

From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:17:53 -0700

I just clicked on the one I sent you, and it opened.

Here's the whole rip, but links wont work. 

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Bruce Hagen
   ~IB-CA~
There are several different problems that can affect performance in 
OE. Many of them display very similar symptoms. If your are 
experiencing slow performance, begin with the problem here that best 
describes the symptoms you are seeing. It is possible that you have 
more than one issue to resolve to get OE back in top shape.
  a.. OE very slow when starting, but everything else normal
  b.. OE very slow when starting, and Internet Explorer forms slow
  c.. OE very slow when working in a news account
  d.. OE slow to open, slow to switch mail folders, slow in 
everything
  e.. OE gradually slows down
  f.. OE won't even start
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OE very slow when starting, but everything else normal
The usual cause is a missing or corrupt "Imagehlp.dll" in 
C:\Windows\System. Without this file, OE will be very slow to open, 
although usually nothing else is affected. If you uninstall a version 
of McAfee VirusScan and then install a later version without first 
restarting your computer, the McAfee install routine will delete 
"Imagehlp.dll" by mistake. You can either extract this file from your 
Win98 CDROM (using Start| Run, SFC.EXE, Extract a single file), or 
from your IE5/6 setup files using a command line at the setup folder 
like this:
  extract win98_32.cab /a Imagehlp.dll
On some systems, it is found in win98_26.cab. For IE5 users on 
Win95/NT, it is found in setup295.cab.
Another cause of slow starts is opening OE at its home page, rather 
than the Inbox. Because that page is an HTML file, it is usually 
slower to display than is the Inbox. Click Tools| Options and place a 
check mark for "When starting, go directly to my Inbox folder."
On the other hand, this might also cause the problem if the Inbox is 
very large. The Inbox is a very active folder, and I strongly 
recommend that you not use it to store messages. Create subfolders 
and move messages into them as soon as possible so that the Inbox 
stays small.
Leaving the Preview Pane open in combination with opening directly to 
the Inbox can result in a slower startup. You can turn the Preview 
Pane off under View| Layout, or add the Preview button to the OE 
toolbar to toggle the pane on and off with a single click.
Sometimes removing or disabling Windows (or MSN) Messenger causes OE 
to open slowly. This will shown by an entry in the system error log: 
The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register 
with DCOM within the required timeout. To fix this, open Regedit and 
navigate to this key:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
      \CLSID
          \{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}
              \InProcServer32
In the right-hand pane, double-click on the (Default) value and 
delete whatever is entered there, leaving it blank. Click OK. Now 
perform exactly the same step with the key directly underneath, 
namely
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
      \CLSID
          \{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}
              \LocalServer32
Once both (Default) values are empty, OE will open normally.
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OE very slow when starting, and Internet Explorer forms slow
This is an indication of missing or corrupt settings or files for the 
Protected Storage Service. This is a Windows service that allows you 
to save passwords for your Identities. This MS Knowledge Base article 
describes the problem and gives several possible solutions:
Q251787 - Delayed Response When Editing Internet Explorer Forms and 
Outlook Express May Take a Long Time to Start
If the suggestions in the KB article do not solve the problem, you 
might also need to replace the Protected Storage files.
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OE very slow when working in a news account
The usual cause is a very large local file with many news headers, 
even if marked as read and hidden from view. When you notice a group 
getting slower, it's time to clean up your newsgroups and compact 
your folders.
If the performance is slow when first opening a newsgroup, and when 
switching between newsgroups, it could be because the news account 
has a very large number of newsgroups. This is seldom a problem on 
systems with lots of memory, or on accounts with less than 25,000 or 
so newsgroups. If you suspect this is your problem, you can try my 
workaround.
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OE slow to open, slow to switch mail folders, slow in everything
This could be caused by a bloated Folders.dbx file. Compact your 
folders to see if performance improves. If not, run Scan Disk 
followed by Disk Defragmenter. If performance is still slow, rename 
or delete Folders.dbx. Please read the consequences of doing this 
first.
Another possible source is a corrupt or missing Protected Storage 
Service.
  Replace the Protected Storage Service (Pstore)
  This procedure applies only to Windows95 and Windows98.
    1.. Close Outlook Express, the Windows Address Book and all IE 
browser windows.
    2.. Create a new folder by right-clicking a blank spot on your 
desktop and name it Pstore. Double-click the Pstore folder to open 
it.
    3.. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System.
    4.. Move the following 4 files to the Pstore folder:
    psbase.dll
    pstorec.dll
    pstorerc.dll
    pstores.exe
    5.. Extract new copies of the 4 files and place them in 
C:\Windows\System.
    If you are using the original Win98 version of IE5.0, click 
Start| Run and type without quotes "SFC". Click "Extract one file 
from installation disk" and enter the name of the file. Extract all 4 
files to C:\Windows\System, using the Win98 CD-ROM as the source.
    If you are using any other version of IE5, including IE5.01 and 
IE5.5, you will need to extract the files from the Windows Update 
Setup Files directory which contains the CAB files for IE5 or IE5.5. 
You can do this by opening a DOS window on the proper directory and 
typing the following commands. (Note that if you are using a CDROM as 
the source for the CAB files, you must first copy "ie_s4.cab" and 
"ie_s5.cab" to your hard disk, and extract from there).
    extract /a ie_s4.cab ie_4.cab
    extract /a ie_s4.cab ie_5.cab
    extract /a ie_4.cab ps*.*
    Since the ie_4.cab and ie_5.cab are not normally in the setup 
folder outside of their "containers", I suggest you now delete them 
using these:
    delete ie_4.cab
    delete ie_5.cab
    Under Win98, you can also open the cab files directly to  extract 
the files, or you can use Winzip and similar programs under any 
version of Windows. However in that case you will need to open 
ie_s4.cab, and then open the ie_4.cab that it contains in order to 
extract the files. On some versions of IE5.5, only 3 of the files are 
in ie_4.cab. In that case, you must also open the ie_s5.cab, open the 
contained ie_5.cab and then extract the final pstore file.
    6.. Restart your computer immediately.
  Special thanks to Kyle Brant for helping me with the intricacies of 
extracting files from CABs within CABs.
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  OE gradually slows down
  This is almost always a sign of folders in need of compaction 
and/or a defragmented disk. Clean up your newsgroups, compact your 
folders, then run Disk Defragmenter (Start| Programs| Accessories| 
System Tools).
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  OE won't even start
  This is usually caused by corruption in the Identities registry 
keys. Open Regedit and export the entire HKCU\Identities key, then 
delete it. Double-click the saved *.reg file you exported and then 
try opening OE. If OE still fails to open, export each sub key 
HKCU\Identities\{GUID} sub-key to its own *.reg file, then delete the 
entire HKCU\Identities key again. Double-click each of the GUID *.reg 
files and then Open OE. The New Account wizard will begin, but just 
click cancel, as you are going to bypass this first default Identity. 
Click File| Identities| Manage Identities and try switching to your 
old Identity. If this is successful, you can then delete the new 
empty Identity from the Manage Identities dialogue.  If this fails 
and OE will still not start, you will have to again delete the 
HKCU\Identities key, open OE, set up a new Identity and import your 
mail folders from the previous Identity. More information, including 
detailed instructions, can be found in the MS Knowledge Base article 
Cannot Start Outlook Express .
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1f2f01c4a77b$a6aa6f60$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Bruce - link is dead
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>First, do a Defrag. If there is no improvement, see
> these sites:
>>http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/performance.htm
>>-- 
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