Comments on: How To Stop Microsoft Office Outlook from Synchronizing

By: Tula

Tula — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:41 +0000

I am having the same problem but I haven’t been able to fix it. I have Microsoft 2010 and when I right click on the folder properties I don’t have a check box that says “Automatically generate Microsoft Exchange views”. Do you have any ideas?

By: robert kroon

robert kroon — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:14:38 +0000

I followed the above instructions…it resulted in reducing the amount of time spent “synch-ing” by about 50% but the synch is still there. Are there any other files that Outlook might be trying to synch that I could work on? I have 2007 at the office and it does NOT do this. I have 2003 at home and the home version is where the problem is. Interesting. You are so correct…when I ask IT people and techies, few if any have “heard” of the problem and no one has any fix. Thanks for your help.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:30:00 +0000

How do I stop Outlook 2010 synchronization process

By: NuclearTrousers

NuclearTrousers — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:54:20 +0000

Hi,
I have solved this on my computer… as above and in Outlook 2007 at least, if you click on the downward arrow next to Send and Receive, at the bottom of that menu is Send/Receive Settings, then ‘Define send and receive groups’. Click on this, Edit, click on the account you don’t want to synch and untick ‘Include the selected account in this group’ and click OK

To find the account I need to untick I clicked (or double-clicked… can’t remember!) on the SyncManager icon down in the task bar notifications area and this showed me that Outlook was trying to download something from a ‘r.office.microsoft.com’ site, seemed something related to RSS. I unticked RSS in the above window and BINGO all sorted!

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:42:45 +0000

Thanks! I was about to get a new computer so you save me a bundle!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:03:24 +0000

Thanks! I was experiencing the same frustration and had been trying for years to stop this. Your fix really worked.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:37:37 +0000

In Outlook 2007 at least, if you click on the downward arrow next to Send and Receive, at the bottom of that menu is Send/Receive Settings, then ‘Define send and receive groups’. Click on this, Edit, click on the account you don’t want to synch and untick ‘Include the selected account in this group’ and click OK.

By: Sonja

Sonja — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:33:21 +0000

Thanks Rob for sharing this info, it works!! )

By: Don

Don — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:59:23 +0000

Don’t know if it will work, but I’m posting, as this thread put me on to the problem. Here’s a solution that I’m trying:

Send/receive interval too short

Outlook can automatically check for new messages on a set interval. When you set this interval too short, a new auto check will take place before the previous one can finish and thus the send/receive tasks can accumulate so that Outlook is basically stuck in an endless synchronization process.

You shouldn’t set the automatic send/receive interval to less than 5 or even 10 minutes. When you have more than 3 accounts I wouldn’t recommend to set it shorter than 15 minutes. A good rule of thumb is to add about 5 minutes for every 2-3 extra mail accounts until you reach 30 minutes.

An alternative method would be to set 1-3 “high priority” accounts in a send/receive group which checks for new message every 10 minutes and all the other accounts in a separate send/receive group which checks for new messages every 30 minutes (or even longer)

You can set the send/receive interval in;

* Outlook 2007 and previous
Tools-> Options-> tab Mail Setup-> button Send/Receive…
* Outlook 2010
File-> Options-> section Advanced-> button Send/Receive…

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:52:10 +0000

Thanks this really worded for me… My problem started when I installed office 2010 pro plus so I went back to office 2007 and it still did the same thing… I’m using office 2007 and windows 7… Just unchecking the Automatically generate microsoft exchange view really worked… It stopped my computer from freezing up everytime it started synchronzing… I had to sit and wait until it stopped so I could continue to do whatever it was I was doing. My computer feels like a new computer now. This is GREAT! Super fast without stalling or freezing up. I guess I will try to install office 2010 again… Thanks