
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 Command Prompt, try to ping a server or run a network command, and get an error like

After a Windows update, you might see an error that Windows Defender can't connect to the service...

You're in the middle of a call or trying to send a message, and Teams shows a connection timeout ...

If you see a "504 Gateway Timeout" error in Windows Security while trying to run Windows Update, ...

You run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned in PowerShell, but the change doesn't stick...