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

You open Chrome, and it hangs on the loading screen with your profile name. This can happen after...

You open Windows Security and see 'Authentication failed' when trying to use Windows Defender. Th...

You open Windows Defender Security Center, but instead of the dashboard you get a spinning circle...

You're connecting to a remote desktop and see 'token expired permission denied.' This usually mea...

You open Task Manager and see Windows Update processes using hundreds of megabytes of RAM, someti...