outlook slows my computer

Question

i have a dell inspiron 8500. my outlook has slowed to a crawl and pretty much doesn't allow me to work on other programs when it is receiving messages.   I have run dell diagnostics, file clean-up, spyware, registry mechanic and disk defragmantion and nothing helps.   I auto archive the files in outlook. when I check the cpu it doesn't say the outlook is a hog - it says the system idle is, but I know that when mail comes in everything else stops working. I run IE and dreamweaver while my outlook is open.    i have 768 MB of RAM. what's the problem here?

bacillus · Answer

is this outlook express or microsoft outlook?

mnmadhok · Answer

outlook - and I have downloaded all microsoft updates

ejn63 · Answer

Is your antivirus and firewall software up to date?

mnmadhok · Answer

yes, I have norton antivirus and microsoft antispyware. i also have run disk defrag, disk clean-up and registry mechanic.

ejn63 · Answer

Try temporarily disabling the email interceptor in Norton. Does that solve the issue?

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