I’ve been wanting to know how to stop outlook from synchronizing for a few years now.  Every now and again I tackle the problem but can never find any solutions. This time, my outlook locks up while synchronizing and it’s really been pissing me off. When Outlook is open, it begins to download the mail, then the synchronizing icon shows up in the task bar with it’s little message.  Then outlook freezes up and I have to shut it down... Read more about outlook?