Outlook 2010 always freezing

codyw · 25 Jun 2011

My Outlook 2010 client is always freezing! Why is it doing this? Is there a solution?

Irene · 25 Jun 2011

Hi Codyw, which Anti-virus are you using?

Some AV's, like for example Norton, can have a severe impact on the performance of Outlook.

seavixen32 · 25 Jun 2011

Interesting article here that may give you some pointers, the main culprits seem to be the Adobe PDF add-in and handling large quantities of e-mail.

Outlook 2010 Freezes (Not Responding) | SEO Rocks

codyw · 25 Jun 2011

I used to use Norton and I now hate it! It infected my machine with 100+ pieces of spyware. I currently have Kaspersky PURE on my host machine and Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security on my virtual machine.

I will look at the attached article and see what I can come up with.

karlsnooks · 25 Jun 2011

Cody,

If you close/exit all other programs, do you still have this problem?

codyw · 25 Jun 2011

Yes

karlsnooks said:

Cody,

If you close/exit all other programs, do you still have this problem?

karlsnooks · 25 Jun 2011

As an experiment,
disable/exit from Kaspersky and TrendMicro.

Problem gone?

Markmental · 25 Jun 2011

codyw said:

I used to use Norton and I now hate it! It infected my machine with 100+ pieces of spyware. I currently have Kaspersky PURE on my host machine and Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security on my virtual machine.

I will look at the attached article and see what I can come up with.

Hmm if it's the pdf problem remove Adobe reader and get Sumatra PDF

codyw · 25 Jun 2011

Not sure if I mentioned this or not - but this freezing of Outlook started after the spyware hit. The machine has been wiped a few times since then though...

karlsnooks · 25 Jun 2011

I'm not suggesting to use no protection.

What will help is if you would temporarily disable Kaspersky and TrendMicro and see if then the freezing goes away.