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If you use Microsoft Outlook, you will have undoubtedly noticed
that sometimes it locks up your computer when downloading messages.
If you check the Performance tab in the Task Manager, you will
find that it is consuming 100% of the CPU processing time. This
is yet another example of poor programming, because any program
that goes into a tight loop to process data is supposed to interrupt
itself occasionally to allow other tasks to run. The technical
term for this is "playing nice with your friends".
Outlook doesn't do this.
Rather than fix this problem, Microsoft has chosen to document
it. Knowledge
Base article 308319 says that by default, Outlook grinds
away processing plain text e-mails; this is to help you read
the e-mail. Apparently, allowing you to use the computer to actually
do work was not a consideration in the design of this "feature".
Fortunately, you can turn this "feature" off.
- In the main Outlook menu, click on Tools, then Options.
- On the Preferences tab, press the E-mail Options
button.
- Click to clear the check box next to Remove extra line
breaks in plain text messages.
- Click OK twice.
- Restart Outlook.
11 May 2007
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