bizarre CPU usage spikes

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I am running Outlook 2000 on WinXP Pro. Just wondered if any of you ever experienced unexpected high CPU usage when you are using Outlook, even all alone. When I am using Outlook my fan (I have a laptop and docking station) starts up indicating that it is really working hard. I look at my task manager and Outlook.exe is using like 95% of my CPU. This indicates to me that some kind of script (probably malicious) is at work because simple e-mail shouldn't use this much power. I don't have the latest and greatest equipment but a P3M 700 with 256MB of RAM should not be chugging so hard

Should I just uninstall and reinstall Outlook? If it is a virus or something I wonder how I would go about checking and removing it without having to reformat the whole computer. If I do reformat, how can I be sure the messages that I drop back into my reformatted hard drive won't reinfect

Love to hear your thoughts
 
Grant
I also have Outlook 2000 on WinXP as you have. The exact same thing occurs to my desktop. The only thing is that it is constantly on 100% CPU usage. I am also seeking the solution. I'll post it if I find one
Good luck!
 
Grant,
I went to download and install all latest updates from Internet. Believe or not, it seemed correct the problem for me. You might wnat to try see if that works for you.
Good luck again.
 
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