It takes my Outlook Express almost 30 second to load - during this time I only see the blue frame. My computer is trong enough (512 DDR, 2,6 GHz) and while loading, the system is not busy or overworked. So it must be the OE. It happend for the the first time a week ago and ever since. Anybody has an idea what it coul be? Thanks

Hi Span, Welcome to the forum.

Have you seen this *tweak* ? http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=108

For some users, mostly on WinXP, when they remove windows messenger or just
disable it from starting up automatically they experience a great slow down
when launching Outlook express. Users who experience such a slow down will
find a error in the system error log saying The server
{FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the
required timeout. The solution this problem is quite simple. Just Open up
Regedit and search for the string {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} and
modify the keys InProc32 and LocalServer32 default key to a empty string.
After a reboot, Outlook Express will start up as quickly as possible.

Another thing that has been reported to help is to click Tools > InternetOptions in Internet Explorer.  Go to the Advanced tab and scroll down.  Make sure that Use SSL 2.0 and Use SSL 3.0 are checked.

Almost forgot:

Get rid of that annoying "blue frame" too.

Go to Start > Run > Regedit > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Unique Identity}\Software\Microsoft\
Outlook Express\5.0]  create a new value called 'NoSplash' {REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)} and set value to equal '1' to disable the splash screen. (= to 0 to turn on the splash screen)

Exit the registry and restart Outlook Express.