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Load Outlook Faster

If you're tired of waiting the Outlook Express to start up, there's a way to make it faster.

Open the RegEdit and navigate to the next path:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\[nr of id]\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\[vers]

Then create a new DWORD value called NoSplash, and assign the value 1.

Submitted by Ariel Canievsky