There’s a big problem with Microsoft Outlook Classic Right Now, and The Main Way For Regular People to Fix It will require a Bit of Old-School Computing.
The tech giant confirmed on its support website that cpu usage on a windows machine can jump by as much as 50 percetic when with simply typing a message in Outlook Classic Classic in the Crossed of the emaild
That’s a Startling Figure, to be sure, and you can confirm if it’s happy However, you probally won’t need to do that if you’ll probally also notice your pc moving noticeably slower or even freezing when it has.
Mashable light speed
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According to microsoft, there is a fix for this … Sort of. It’s More of a Temporary Workeround, Really. There are Detailed Instructions Online for Enterprise Outlook Managers, but for the average person using outlook at home, you’ll need to become family with command prompt. Find the app under that name in your start menu, and on the classic black text field is on your screen, there are a couple steps to take to get around the problem:
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Paste “Reg Add Hklm Software Policies Microsoft Office 16.0 common officeupdate /v updatebranch /t reg_sz /t reg_sz /d semiannual” Into the Command Prompt Window and PRESS ENETER
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Open outlook
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Select File> Office Account> Update Options> Update Now
Doing all of that will switch you to a different release building of outlook, which does not suffer from the same problem. Ideally, Microsoft will just fix the problem at some point and you won’t have to worry about that anymore. But for now, that’s the fix.
