Microsoft Outlook 2007 Running Slow ? Fix the Problem Now

Microsoft Outlook 2007 is painfully slow. Whether you are running a trial copy of Outlook or a licensed version, the performance of Outlook 2007 software is much slower than even it's predecessor, Outlook 2003.

The software freezes during start-up, the status bar shows "Loading Dataset.." for minutes and you can perform no actions on your email items unless that initial "Send/Receive" is complete.

If your work productivity is taking a hit due to the poor performance of Outlook, here are some suggestions and fixes to supercharge Outlook 2007:

1. Disable RSS Feeds in Microsoft Outlook 2007

Microsoft Outlook 12 installs with a set of RSS feeds - if you are not using Outlook to read RSS feeds, it's best to remove them from Outlook so that no resources are spent in synchronization of these feeds with the web.

Goto Tools - Account Settings - RSS Feeds. Select all the RSS feeds and hit the Remove button.

2. Disable Outlook Add-Ins You No Longer Use

Goto Tools - Trust Center and click the Add-ins tab. There's a GO button at the bottom of the dialog screen, click that button and uncheck (disable or even remove) the Outlook add-ins (like GoogleDesktop, iTunes Add-in, Acrobat PDF Maker, Mindjet Mindmanager, etc) that you no longer use.

If you have upgraded to Outlook 2007 from Outlook 2003 or XP, chances are that the old addin are not compatible with the new release and may be the reason behind the slugging performance of Outlook.

3. Reduce the size of your Outlook.pst personal folder.

Delete any items that you do not want to keep like emails with really large attachments). You can even archive them to a separate Outlook data file.

Now click Data File Management on the File Menu. Select the data file that you want to compact, and then click Compact Now in the Settings command.

4. Start Outlook 2007 in Safe Mode

If none of the above tricks, try running Outlook 2007 in safe mode (start -> Run dialog and type outlook /safe). The second option is to disable all your email rules and filters. And if Norton antivirus or Zone Alarm is configured with Outlook, disable that association. One of these actions should identify the culprit that's making Outlook to crawl.

It's likely that some of the tricks above would help in improving the performance of your Outlook 2007. If you are looking to improve the performance of Outlook 2003, try removing the MSN Messenger association with Outlook.

Forgotten Attachment Detector for Outlook 2007

Missing email attachments are a pain for both the sender and the recipient of messages, and at the same time an all-too-often occurrence. However, there are ways to prevent the task of adding an attachment from slipping the mind of the users. The Forgotten Attachment Detector (FAD) is a tool designed for just such a purpose. An enhancement for Office 2007 Outlook, FAD is capable of identifying emails with missing attachments and warning the user to correct the issue. FAD was released under the Office Labs umbrella as an add-in for Outlook 2007.

“Like similar projects, FAD uses the presence of certain keywords such as “have attached” and “find attached” to determine if a mail is likely to include an attachment. To improve its accuracy FAD also uses a set of secondary keyword pairs. These are words that have a lower likelihood of indicating a mail is likely to include an attachment except when they appear together. For example: Finding just the word “attached” in a mail isn’t a reliable indicator that a mail is likely to include an attachment,” revealed Microsoft's Bhavesh Chauhan, the creator of FAD.

FAD scans the text of a message in order to determine whether the email indicates that an attachment should be present. The add-in is set up by default with a set of parameters that permit it to correctly identify user intent of adding an attachment from simple uses of the “attach” term. Of course, at the same time, FAD provides users with the option to fine tune the add-in. “The current version allows you to customize which keywords FAD uses for detection. To customize the keywords click the “FAD” button on the main Outlook toolbar. The dialog that opens allows you to add, edit, or delete the keywords which will trigger a notification from FAD,” Chauhan added.

Problems opening Outlook folder sharing invitations

In the Outlook mailbox that is located on an Exchange Server, you receive a message from a user who uses Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 that is connected to Exchange Server. The message invites you to view one of the user’s shared Outlook folders. However, the message does not have an option that enables you to access the shared Outlook folder.

This types if problem occurs if the sender of the sharing invitation is running Outlook 2007 and the recipient of the sharing invitation is running an earlier version of Outlook 2007.

You can use one of the following two methods to work around

use Method 1:
Open default Outlook folders:
o Calendar
o Contacts
o Inbox
o Journal
o Notes
o Tasks
If you are invited to view a folder that is not the default Outlook folder,

use Method 2: Open nondefault Outlook folders.

Method 1: Open default Outlook folders

If you are invited to view a default Outlook folder, the words "Microsoft Exchange" will appear before the name of the folder in the sharing invitation. For example, if the sender shares the Contacts folder, the name of the folder is "Microsoft Exchange Contacts" in the sharing invitation.

To open a default Outlook folder, follow these steps:
1. In the sharing invitation, notice the name of the Outlook folder that you want to view.
2. On the File menu, point to Open, and then click Other User's Folder.
3. In the Open Other User's Folder dialog box, type the name of the user who owns the folder in the Name box, click the name of the Outlook folder that you noticed in step 1 in the Folder type box, and then click OK.

You will notice that the shared Outlook folder appears in the Outlook folder list pane.

If you receive an error message or cannot open the shared folder after you follow these steps, contact the sender of the sharing invitation to make sure that you have at least the Reviewer permissions to the shared mailbox on the Exchange Server.

To give you the Reviewer permissions to the shared mailbox, the owner of the shared folder can follow these steps:

1. In Outlook 2007, right-click Mailbox - UserName, and then click Change Sharing Permissions.
2. Click the Permissions tab, and then click Add.
3. In the Add Users dialog box, specify the user who you want to share the folder to, click Add, and then click OK.
4. In the Name list, click the name of the user who you added, click Reviewer in the Permission Level box, and then click OK.

Method 2: Open nondefault Outlook folders
You can view the nondefault Outlook folders just as easily as you can view the default Outlook folders. If you are invited to view a nondefault folder, the words "Microsoft Exchange" will not appear before the folder name in the sharing invitation.

To open a nondefault Outlook folder, follow these steps:
1. In Outlook, click E-mail Accounts on the Tools menu.
2. In the E-mail Accounts dialog box, click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
3. Click your Exchange Server account, and then click Change.
4. Click More Settings.
5. In the Microsoft Exchange Server dialog box, click the Advanced tab, and then click Add.
6. In the Add Mailbox dialog box, type the name of the owner of the shared folder, and then click OK.
7. Click OK, click Next, and then click Finish.
8. In the navigation pane, expand Mailbox – UserNameOfFolderOwner, and then click the folder that the user shared to you.

If you receive an error message or cannot open the shared folder after you follow these steps, contact the sender of the sharing invitation to make sure that you have at least the Reviewer permissions to the sender’s shared mailbox on Exchange Server.

To give you the Reviewer permissions to the shared mailbox, the owner of the shared folder can follow these steps:

1. In Outlook 2007, right-click Mailbox - UserName, and then click Change Sharing Permissions.
2. Click the Permissions tab, and then click Add.
3. In the Add Users dialog box, specify the user to whom you want to share the folder, click Add, and then click OK.
4.In the Name list, click the name of the user whom you added, click Reviewer in the Permission Level box, and then click OK.

Get more help and support at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011134811033.aspx

Error:- Double spaced for the recipient.

There is also very famous question ask in outlook Forums is "How to stop double spaced for the recipient".
This issue maily cause by HTML coding. GMail is most frequent for using a web-based email client. In some cases, the message is

correctly spaced when received and only double Spaced when replied to.

The Causes of this is issues.

When you press Enter while creating HTML email, Outlook inserts a paragraph tag (

), so two Enters inserts two

tags,

which is double spaced when rendered in a browser. If you use Shift+Enter, which creates the link Break tag (
),the message

will not look double spaced in a browser. This will look ok in mail client.

The solution of this issue.

You have 5 options:

1. Use plain text for messages. Plain text will look ok in any and every email client available.
2. Press Enter once, not twice, when composing HTML formatted email.
3. Press Shift+Enter twice at the end of a paragraph, rather than pressing Enter twice.
4. Just ignore it as an inconstancy in the way various applications handle HTML.
5. Edit the email template to add '12 points after' in the Normal style.

There is some editing also in Template

In Outlook 2007 : First off all you close the microsoft outlook. Then try search or locate the NormalEmail.dotm and open it for

editing. In Vista the template folder location is C:\users\Usersname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Tempaltes. To easily access this

foder in Windows XP or Vista , Paste %appdata%\Microsoft\Template in run command.

in the Start search dialog (Vista) or the address bar of Windows Explorer.

1. Right click on NormalEmail.dotm and choose Open. This will open the template in Word as a template.
2. Right click on the Normal style button in the ribbon and chose Modify.
3. Click Format in the lower left and choose Paragraph.
4. In the Spacing section, change the After value to 12 points.
5. Save and close the template.

After that when you write a new message you'll press enter once and have white space when recipients read the message in any

client or web browser. Replies will use the style sheet of the original message.

Problem: Outlook is sending unknown messages

In Outlook Most of the user have problem with unknown message. Their Outlook keeps sending unknown messages.This problem seems to be most common with IMAP accounts. In many cases the messages are undeliverable and are returned to your mailbox as an NDR.

We are seeing that from users that suspect Outlook is ending Spam. Most of the users think that their computer is infected with some spyware or unknown spambot. but it's not true. it's a bug in how Outlook 2007 responds to read Receipt request for junk Email.

Mostly Spam occasionally includes requests for read receipts. In many of the cases this is so the spammer can check for valid email addresses but most of the time it’s not intentional or the spammer just wants to be doubly annoying since the sender’s address is invalid.

Sample Read Receipt ( For Example )

To: [an address you don't recognize]
Subject: Not read: [Varying Subjects]
Body:
Your message

To: [your address]
Subject: [Varying Subjects]
Sent: 9/25/2008 4:19 AM

was deleted without being read on 10/26/2008 9:21 AM.

The only difference between Read and Not Read receipts is the subject is prefixed with 'read', instead of 'not read' and the text says it was "read on [date]".

Main Causes of this issue:

Mainly in Microsoft outlook Newer Version Of Outlook offer the ability to control, If read receipts are sent but there may be a bug with IMAP accounts and read receipts in Outlook 2007. When you move messages

with a receipt request to the Junk E-mail folder and empty the Junk E-mail folder using another client, the setting in Tools, Options, Email Options, Tracking Options may be ignored.

The steps to repro are as follows:

1. Send yourself some messages with receipts requested and move them to Junk E-mail.
2. Sync with IMAP and update all folders then close Outlook.
3. Empty junk email folder using a different client.
4. Reopen outlook.
5. When outlook updates the folder, it ignores the Tracking setting and always returns receipts as it syncs the junk mail folder, purging the messages deleted from the other client.

Workaround

Until Microsoft releases a fix, do the following:

1. Always mark messages as read before emptying the Junk Email folder.
2. Always empty the Junk Email folder from Outlook.

If you Still do not want to send receipts back, set your Microsoft Outlook to never ask and never send, otherwise set Your microsoft Outlook to always ask before sending.

iYogi Acquires Clean Machine Inc.

Larry Gordon, Founder of Clean Machine appointed as President Global Channel Sales at iYogi

New York, NY, May 11th, 2009 : iYogi, a global direct to consumer and small business remote technical support provider, today announced it’s acquisition of Clean Machine Inc, a provider of remotely administered PC security and performance management services. Clean Machine will operate as a separate brand under the iYogi services umbrella along with the recently lunched Support Dock (www.supportdock.com) and its comprehensive range of 24/7 technical support services for computers, printers, MP3 players, digital camera, routers, servers and more than 100 software applications. Larry Gordon, Founder of Clean Machine is appointed as the President of Global Channel Sales for iYogi.

iYogi will integrate technology and innovation that Clean Machine Inc. has developed for delivering an enhanced service experience by proactively managing the health and security for PC's and Apple Computers. This acquisition also broadens iYogi's access to key markets through Clean Machine's existing partnerships. Larry Gordon's past experience and successful track record will accelerate iYogi's expansion through his focus on global alliances.
Commenting on the acquisition of Clean Machine Inc., Uday Challu, CEO & Co-founder of iYogi, said,

"This acquisition will help iYogi to enhance our customer experience and extend our market reach to the millions of consumers that are challenged by the increasingly complex technology environment. Clean Machine's proactive maintenance and management of PCs in home and small business environment will be our launch platform for building the next generation of managed services for consumers."

"We are delighted to have Larry spearheading partnerships and global alliances for iYogi. His incredible experience in marketing, sales and building global alliances will help forge partnerships with retailers, multiple service operators, software publishers, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and other such companies that are at the frontlines for managing tech support issues for consumers and small businesses",

added Challu.

With more than 20 years of experience, Larry Gordon has played a variety of strategic roles in marketing, sales and building alliances. Larry was the Executive Vice President at Capgemini and Kanbay. He was also VP of Global Marketing for Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leader in global IT services and Director of Marketing for New York based Information Builders.

"I am excited to join a company that shares a common mission to Clean Machine in creating a global brand for delivering the best technical support to consumers and small businesses. We also share a common approach of utilizing highly skilled talent with leading edge tools, thereby delivering services at incredible price-points, with high margins for our partners",

said Larry Gordon, the newly appointed President of Global Channel Sales at iYogi.

ABOUT IYOGI

Headquartered in Gurgaon, India with offices in New York, USA, iYogi provides personalized computer support for consumers and small businesses in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. IYogi's 24/7 phone and remote technical assistance, spans across a comprehensive range of technologies we use every day from a wide range of vendors. Utilizing its proprietary technology iMantra , and highly qualified technicians, iYogi delivers amongst the highest benchmarks for resolution and customer satisfaction. iYogi is privately held and funded by SAP Ventures, Canaan Partners, and SVB India Capital Partners. iYogi was recently awarded the Red Herring Global 100 Award, recognizing it as one of the 100 most innovative private companies driving the future of technology. For more information on iYogi and a detailed list of technologies supported, visit: www.iyogi.net.

ABOUT CLEAN MACHINE

Clean Machine Inc. is a NJ-based and incorporated company that helps consumers and small business owners easily manage and protect their computing environments safely and cost effectively. The company is has a unique, powerful and inexpensive PC concierge service. Specifically, each customer is assigned a highly-trained tech concierge who remotely examines their computer system on a scheduled and very secure basis. The PC concierge will immediately fix software-based problems and prevent new threats to the customer's computing environment including offensive pop-ups, browser redirects and slow performance, and then provides a detailed report. Clean Machine's proprietary Radar(TM) technology (Remote Access Detection Audit and Repair) allows its expert technicians to remotely resolve any problems, eliminating the need for customers to go through the frustrating process of speaking with a tech support expert, and still having to do the work themselves. In other words, the Clean Machine PC concierges do it all. For more information on Clean Machine please visit www.pccleanmachine.com.

iYogi Awarded Red Herring Top 100 Global Company

Recognizing the first, global, direct to consumers and small business technical support service from India

New York, January 21st, 2009 - iYogi (www.iyogi.net), today announced that it has been awarded as one of the Red Herring Top 100 Companies. Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies are chosen from winners and finalists of the previous Red Herring Top 100 Companies from North America, Europe and Asia Red Herring Top 100 Companies. Winning and finalist companies from the previous three years are were eligible for this outstanding award. Out of 1,800 successful and highly eligible companies, the Red Herring editorial team deployed a detailed process to drill-down the best companies first to 200 finalists, then to the top 100 winners of this global award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The announcement of the winners was made at the Red Herring 100 Global, which took place in San Diego from January 14-16, 2009. Present among the finalists were elite executives and venture capital leaders from around the world.

"We were so pleased to announce iYogi as a Red Herring Top 100 Global Company," commented Red Herring publisher Alex Vieux."

"iYogi has proven to be a company excelling in their industry and its ripples have turned into waves. It was difficult for us to narrow down, but we are pleased to have included iYogi in our list of promising companies. We look forward to the changes it makes to its industry in the future".

"iYogi set out to introduce a new kind of service that would change the way technical support is delivered to consumers and small businesses. We are proud to be recognized by Red Herring's editorial team for our innovation and dedication to solve everyday problems faced by millions of consumers who are challenged by the increasingly complex computing environment," commented Uday Challu, CEO, iyogi.
iYogi delivers technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India. The company offers its customers an unlimited, annual service subscription for $139.99 per desktop that includes support for a wide range of technologies, including PC hardware Microsoft Windows Operating System, software applications, peripherals and multifunctional devices. iYogi recently launched Support Dock, a comprehensive desktop application suite with PC recovery, data backup, anti-virus and spyware removal , PC optimization, and home networking tools. Small businesses are serviced by iYogi's dedicated services group offering managed IT services enabling owners to increase productivity and maximize their return on investment.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company, which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.

About iYogi

iYogi delivers live, comprehensive, 24/7 technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India. Providing an annual unlimited subscription to technical support, iYogi now boasts of more than 50,000 customers. The company employs 600 professionals servicing customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and fast expanding to 12 new geographies across the globe. iYogi's resolution rate of 86 percent and customer satisfaction rate of 95 percent are amongst the highest published benchmarks in the industry. For further information, please visit - www.iyogi.net.


iYogi Contact:

Vishal Dhar
iYogi, Inc.
Phone: 212-229-0901
Email: vishal@iyogi.net

Red Herring Contact:

Anam Alpenia
Red Herring, Inc.
Phone: 650-428-2900
Email: aalpenia@redherring.com Yvonne Caprini
Logistics Manager
Red Herring, Inc.
Phone: 1 650 428 2900 x 410
Email: ycaprini@redherring.com