
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 try to start Windows Defender Antivirus and get a “permission denied” error. This typically h...

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

If you see 'Connection refused' or 'Service not running' when opening Windows Security, the under...

If you see "port already allocated permission denied" when running Windows Update, it usually mea...

When Task Scheduler hangs on the 'Loading...' message, it's often due to a corrupted task. This g...