Re: OE 6 vs. Norton
- From: "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:57:47 -0700
Short answer, get rid of Norton and don't replace it with McAfee. Both programs are not suitable with Outlook Express.
I use, and recommend, AVG Free:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
or:
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww
When prompted, choose Custom Installation and *uncheck* e-mail scanning when you see the option.
Norton, and McAfee, products are not Outlook Express friendly, and I don't know of any OE-MVP that would recommend using them.
To remove Norton completely:
Commonly used Symantec tools:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005103109480139
Using the Norton Removal Tool:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
Removing NAV 2003 and earlier using Rnav2003.exe.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001092114452606
Symantec NIS, NAV and NSW 2004, 2005, 2006 removal
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm
Symantec NIS, Norton Antispam, and NPF 2004, 2005, 2006 removal
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem1.htm
And if necessary:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
General precautions for Outlook Express:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often.
Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
And backup often.
Backup & Restore:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
"Bill H." <wh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OEkbfxQ5GHA.1248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Been running fine with Norton 2003 (Internet security and system works).
Now I've finally updated to NSW 2006 and NIS 2006.
Not sure which it was, but I think it was the NIS install that seems to have
really hammered my OE. OE is now VERY slow to load the folders (yeah,
they're kinda large, but they were large before), deleting individual
messages takes several seconds, as does moving from one folder to the next.
I've done the things Norton suggests, such as a program search in NIS for
internet-connected programs, running Norton's Speed disk. The stuff that's
in startup needs to be there, and was there before.
Any ideas, other than removing perhaps the Norton Anti-Spam (as that's where
I think the problem is, but then what to use for anti-spam? MS Defender
does not allow for any anti-spam configurations).
Thanks.
--
Bill
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