{"id":1385,"date":"2009-04-30T19:30:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1385-microsofts-outlook-2007-sp2-speed-report.html"},"modified":"2009-04-30T19:30:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T18:30:22","slug":"microsofts-outlook-2007-sp2-speed-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1385-microsofts-outlook-2007-sp2-speed-report.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Outlook 2007 SP2 speed report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The poor performance of Outlook 2007 has driven many users to Google for solutions, and a good proportion arrive at this blog, which is why there are nearly 200 comments to this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says it has fixed the problems with Office 2007 Service Pack 2<\/a> \u2013 though this comment<\/a> disagrees. Personally I\u2019ve not installed SP2 yet, but I did apply a February update which as I understand it has most of the performance fixes, and I\u2019ve found noticeable improvement.<\/p>\n

On my 64-bit desktop, with Outlook 2007 set with cached mode turned off (not the default) I\u2019m enjoying excellent performance despite a huge mailbox.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has sponsored a benchtest<\/a> [pdf] that shows (as you would expect) substantial speed gains in SP2, and claims that the number of disk writes the latest Outlook makes is much reduced. There\u2019s also a performance tip buried in there: turn the To-Do bar off if you want best responsiveness.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sceptical about tests like this which often don\u2019t match real-world experience. I wonder if the testers had anti-virus software running, as highly recommended by Microsoft, but which slows down performance a lot particularly where there is intensive disk activity.<\/p>\n

Still, it\u2019s encouraging that Microsoft has taken the problem seriously.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

I installed SP2 shortly after writing this post. So far, no noticeable impact on Outlook vs the February update.<\/p>\n

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