Configuring preferences and options in Outlook.com
Hi Evan405 (and everyone else), Had a go at formating the harddrive and a clean reinstall of the software and it works the way it should (for now). Yes it's a right royal pain in the proverbial but at least it cleans out all the background rubbish and the machine now runs like new. I've replied to the moderator's request for information but I don't believe it has anyting to do with the actual email account. My gut feeling is that it has something to do with the software they used to transfer everyone from hotmail to outlook. Good luck all with resolving this problem