I have a client with a PC running Windows 98 (first edition). Just recently,
his outlook express has started acting funny. Normally it would come up
within a few seconds of launching it. Lately, it takes up to a minute for it
to start, even 30 seconds just to get the splash screen. In addition, the first
time you do many tasks, like reply to a mail, or open "Tools -> Accounts" also
takes a long time, but subsequent times are more normal. (Until you close it).

The current workaround is to not shut down outlook express, but I sill would
like to figure out what is going on.

It may be the recent work I did on his system, I removed the Navidad virus,
and removed the old version of McAfee which obviously did not prevent him from
getting Navidad. I since installed Norton AV 2001 (7.0), but the problem
remains. I tried re-installing outlooks express through windows setup, but
that didn't help.

Any clues would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Russ Poffenberger               Engineering Specialist
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