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Windows Windows Mail slow to open attachments

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by Shielder, 8 Jan 2011.

  1. Shielder

    Shielder Live long & prosper!

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    Hi all,

    This problem has been bugging us for months. We have a Vista laptop running Windows Mail (my first mistake I know) and any attachments that we receive seem to take an age to open (I can go away, boil a kettle to make a coffee and it is still thinking about opening the attachment). During this time, Windows Mail becomes unresponsive and won't even appear if I click on the toolbar.

    This happens with new and old emails so it is not a downloading problem.

    I use the paid for AVG anti virus and even if I turn it off, this problem persists.

    Any ideas guys?

    Vista is fully patched.

    Thanks

    Andy
     
  2. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    If you have no other slowdown issues then it's probably just the software being rubbish. Ditch windows mail and go with something else.
     
  3. Hazmatt

    Hazmatt What's a Dremel?

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    Well thats Vista for yo- jks. it may be caused by a slow internet connection or as Yslen said, it may be the software and you should use something else. I recommended Gmail as it fast and has VERY good spam protection.
     

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