
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 click the Chrome icon and instead of your browser opening, you see an error: "Chrome profile ...

You open Windows Security and see the message 'Windows Defender service unavailable' or 'Windows ...

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

When you run git pull to sync your local branch with the remote, you may encounter a...

If Windows Terminal is using high CPU or having sync issues (like settings not saving or profiles...