Hi Susan, Do you have a lot of messages in the Deleted Items folder? if so, you should delete them from out of it. Also, open the Tools menu, "Alt, T", arrow down to Options and press enter key. Use keys, "Control + Tab" to jump onto the Maintenance tab. Tab over to and press spacebar on the "Clean Up button" Now button and then press the Spacebar on each button to free up space. (You won't delete any emails, just remove any junk) Also in the Tools menu, go into options again and uncheck the second checkbox which I think launches Windows Messenger each time Outlook Express is opened up, use the Spacebar to uncheck this option and then tab to and press Spacebar on the OK button. At the end of the day you will always have various processes working behind the scenes when you open up a program such as OE which will hinder its speed and efficiency, personally I wouldn't worry about it too much. Paul. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 7443 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ncbiworkingforpeoplewithsightloss Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncbi_sightloss Check-out NCBI's Micheal O Muircheartaigh appeal on the following link. http://youtu.be/25P2tiuCi0U ******************************************************************** National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************