
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...

You open Task Manager and see Microsoft Store eating 20-30% CPU, even when you're not using it. T...

You're running Windows Defender and it throws a proxy error—often during an update or a full scan...

If Windows Search stops returning results or feels slow, you might be hitting the internal rate l...

You run your Python script and get ModuleNotFoundError for a package you’re sure you...

If you see an SSL certificate error in Windows Terminal—often when using SSH, PowerShell, or WSL ...