# Microsoft Outlook Web Access - slowness in certain OSes.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-web-access-slowness-in-certain-oses/229979 "2004-02-19T07:15:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-web-access-slowness-in-certain-oses/229979/1 "2004-02-19T07:15:07Z")

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I access my work email from several locations, using MS Outlook Web Access. What I can’t understand is why on certain OSes - such as XP, and Mac OSX.2 - it is instant.

But on other OSes - namely Win2K - it takes several MINUTES for security settings to load. This is definitely not a computer specific problem (I have tried on multiple computers in internet cafes and other people’s offices etc) nor a bandwidth issue (ditto).

Is there any way I can get Web Access to load as quickly on my Win2K Vaio as it does on my OSX.2 Powerbook (bar upgrading to XP which isn’t an option)?