Hotmail Slow

[Top-of-the-hill]

    I am not sure if this belongs here - it is not really a technical question.

  I am finding my hotmail account tediously slow recently, I sit and wait for it to open my inbox, then if I want to send a new message, it takes even longer to open that. I know my computer is a bit elderly and the internet connection not great, but other websites, including this one, open quickly. Any ideas please?

[Kiltpin]

Five years ago, I was becoming dissatisfied with Hotmail.

I moved to Gmail. Set Hotmail settings to forward everything to Gmail.

Not had a problem since.

Regards

Chas

[Mike Morrell (NL)]

I don't have any quick fixes, unfortunately. Microsoft has been rolling out the transition from Hotmail.com to Outlook.com up until 2017 so it's possible that this is the factor affecting performance. Personally, I haven't experienced any problems, though many others have complained on the internet. There seem to be at least 3 factors that affect performance:
- whether or not you only use Hotmail.com/Outlook.com online or via a desktop Outlook e-mail program
- If you use Outlook on your desktop, whether or not you've 're-synched' with the new Outlook.com
- whether or not you have a paid or free Hotmail.com/Outlook.com subscription

If you have a free subscription, all the targeted ads are loaded each time you use Hotmail/Outlook. If  you have a paid subscription, they aren't so it's faster.

The following links may help you figure out what's causing the problem. They may not. I read that some users have just automatically forwarded their hotmail inbox to gmail with which they've had no problems.

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-outlook-com-rollout-will-finish-first-half-2017/ (read comments/tips)
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Fixes-or-workarounds-for-recent-issues-in-Outlook-for-Windows-ecf61305-f84f-4e13-bb73-95a214ac1230

It's not much but maybe the links will help you get more info.

Mike

[Billyblue]

I have two Hotmail accounts, and sometimes they are tediously slow, for about the last 6 months.

But it's partly my computer, or rather I think it's my ISP as I have 8.1 on the computer so it shouldn't be the computer  But if I access Hotmail on my friend's computer, or at my local libraries, it is much faster.

Dawn M

[alanmack]

I have had a Hotmail account for approaching twenty years now. It has always been relatively slow as being web-based, connection speed and other factors come into play prominently.

However in its Outlook guise there is something else. There is now a script to furnish an advertising sidebar on R.H.S. If like me you run an ad-blocker it complains bitterly and takes an age to do anything. This I reckon is a deliberate ploy to get you to accept all the b****y ads or pay them (M$) for "ad-free Hotmail". They'd better not hold their breath waiting for me!

Gmail is now my 'primary' too and I only use Hotmail/Outlook for commercial contacts that are likely to result in a welter of advertising.

alanmack

[3sillydogs]

I have a Hotmail account and it always took ages to load, still does even with the transition to Outlook.  My pc is not the fastest, but gmail loads a lot faster than the Hotmail.  I only use Hotmail for letters etc

I use gmail as my primary email and just have the emails from the Hotmail account sent to my gmail account.

[Top-of-the-hill]

   Thanks everyone - it seems as if this is a common problem. I may have to run all this past my techie son, but the idea of forwarding to another account may be the way forward.

[3sillydogs]

My Techie son recommended forwarding if I didn't want the hassle of waiting for it to load all the time