Outlook 2007 Performance Troubleshooting

When your Outlook 2007 is running poorly this article is the one to checkout!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940226


Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor includes a tool to guage how fast your Outlook will run in terms of disk operations. Download the Tool Here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=42B5AC83-C24F-4863-A389-3FFC194924F8&displaylang=en

After installing this tool the only file you need to use is winsat.exe. So this can be found in the
c:\program files\microsoft windows vista upgrade advisor\ path. Navigate there and Type in winsat disk -seq -read -drive c

Here is the output of a SATA II 320 GB drive

WinSAT V1.0 Build-0 Private-Build
Built By:wmbla Branch:vista_rtm Date:Dec 11 2007 01:21:02
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration v1.0.0.0 ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.64
> Running: Storage Performance Assessment via Profiling v1.0.0.0 '-seq -read -dr
ive c'
> Run Time 00:00:03.39
> Disk Performance 111.41 MB/s
> Total Run Time 00:00:04.58

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor>


Also Checkout this Post for more details on the drive speed ratings including SSD's:http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/03/24/450881.aspx