Outlook 2007 running slow

Is your outlook 2007 running slow?? Did you upgrade to find that speed only decreased instead running better... I had this problem myself, It had nothing to do with VISTA or Outlook 2007 in general.. It was the ADD-INS inside outlook 2007...

If you have any of these symptoms you should try this for yourself.

Outlook starting up slow
Outlook starts "Not Responding"
You get pauses when going from email to email
Over all functions of OUTLOOK perform slow


1) open outlook
2) go to tools > trust center
3) go to Add-ins
4) on COM Add-ins > Click GO - When the new window appears Un-Check the Add-ins
5) on Exchange Client > Click GO - When the new window appears Un-Check the Add-ins
6) You can remove 1 add-in at a time and check if the performance improves. That way you can figure out exactly which add-in it is that is slowing down OUTLOOK... OR You can just Disable them ALL first, then just enable the ones you know and need...


I un-checked all the add-ins and my OUTLOOK Flys now with no slow down or no pauses at all what so EVER...

For me there was an old Virus Scanner I removed a long time ago, However... It kept an Add-in installed inside outlook even after I un-installed that software a long time ago...


Hope this helps people and hope they read this first because when I tried to Google this problem originally I found tons of posts about editing the registry, Hot fixes from microsoft, updates and patches, uninstalling and reinstalling outlook, running the repair, You get the point... And it turned out to be a simple 1minute fix of removing the add-ins...


Enjoy