Microsoft KB Archive/921533

= Outlook 2003 may take longer than expected to complete tasks on a Windows 2000-based computer =

Article ID: 921533

Article Last Modified on 12/18/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

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SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 may take longer than expected to complete tasks on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer. For example, when you open the Calendar, the Calendar may take longer than expected to open. When you view the Outlook.exe and Services.exe processes in Task Manager, you see that these processes may consume up to 100 percent of the processor resources.



CAUSE
This problem may occur after you install either of the following software updates:  Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2

For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2





RESOLUTION
This problem is fixed in the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated December 6, 2005. For more information about the December 6, 2005 Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

899340 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: December 6, 2005

Keywords: kboffice2003presp3fix kbexpertisebeginner kbtshoot kbprb KB921533

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