Windows 7: Windows live mail 2011 "updating your changes" constantly... grrr

Not loving the new situation here.
WLM 2011 is dragging its feet like a reluctant child! I have one hotmail account and one gmail account set up. When I click on a different folder to 'see' what's inside that mailbox, a little window pops up in centre screen saying ' Updating your changes' and 'to stop updating your email account, click cancel'.



My laptop is a pretty spec'd out gaming notebook from ASUS (G50V) so no RAM issues or general slowness ever normally occurs. It is definitely WLM. I have even disabled the extra level of virus scanning by AVG free edition to see if it was a conflict there. Nope.

2 Questions - 1> How do I troubleshoot this? 2> Is this worth troubleshooting or should I just move to thunderbird or another simple email client. I have Office 2007 (which comes with the full Outlook) but I disliked this even more than the current version (at the time) of WLM, so have uninstalled it. Too much stuff on the screen - I want it simple and clean. Lookswise, WLM is just fine! But damn.... SOOOOO slow.

Help and any clever sarcasm welcome

I have read many similar comments, and have had the same thoughts in my mind. Not happy with the new Live Mail
Here is a list of some of the good ones. I like Thunderbird.
I do not think its worth the trouble to fix what you have
Top 12 Free Email Programs for Windows - About Email

cool. Ok then, thunderbird it is. Ta

I think it is a good choice. I may be there, soon, too. I had Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Live Mail and like it. I do not like 2011

I can say that Thunderbird is great so far. I didn't like the look of the program so much but there are various themes you can download, like with firefox. I now have the 'leopard' theme (based on mac OS leopard) and it looks great.

So.. recommended.

Glad that you like it. I, dont really care about looks with any software. I like easy and dependable. Use it for a while then get back to us. If you give us a thumbs up, I will suggest it in lieu of giving the list. I know I like it.

See my article on reverting back to Windows Live Essentials 2009/2010. Wonderful to be able have that streamlined look and fast response again!

Revert to Windows Live Essentials 2009!

I'm also using that version. But you have to switch back to WLE 2009/2010 as well (no mixing programs from each suite of programs). Also, you won't be able to use WLMessenger since that is a mandatory 2011 upgrade.

Did anyone figure out a fix for the "updating your changes" in WLM? The solutions in this thread are to get a completely different program or revert back to the old version. Is there no setting or config option to stop this updating?

Have you tried a repair of Windows Live Essentials via Programs and Features? It should repair all installed components of Live Essentials, including Mail.