>>>I dunno. If I click from one message to another in any folder, it takes 10 seconds or
>>>so for the message to appear.
>>>
>>>I had Office 2003 prior, and it was not this bad. It's the same PC, so the only
>>>thing that's changed is the software.
>>
>>There is something else that (probably) has changed too - the state of free space (and occupied space). There is some chance that the install ended up placing files in widely fragmented spots. This means parts of files as well as complete files.
>
>OTOH, if, as you say in the other message, Lookout never exits, that may mean that it never closes its (every app wants to be one when it grows up) database. Which is then enough for any defragger to skip that file.

Right. But I was thinking of the application component software and related files.