
Fix Outlook High CPU Usage Caused by Antivirus Scanning
Symptoms and Likely Cause
You notice Outlook consuming 50% or more CPU, making your syste...

You notice Outlook consuming 50% or more CPU, making your syste...

If you're stuck in a Windows update login loop — where you sign in, the screen goes black or logs...

You run Disk Cleanup, check "Windows Update Cleanup", and it seems to work—but the disk space doe...

If you notice that the Microsoft Store is consuming a large amount of memory (often over 500 MB o...

After upgrading Windows, you may find that Windows Update stops working—errors like 0x80070002, 0...

When setting up Outlook for the first time or adding a new email account, you might see an error ...