If your mouse pointer winked out of existence while you were trying to triage an overflowing inbox this week, you were not alone — Microsoft has publicly acknowledged a bug that makes the mouse pointer (and sometimes the text cursor) disappear when hovering over the classic Outlook desktop app...
After years of serving as a cornerstone of communication for businesses and individuals alike, Classic Windows Outlook is fast approaching its sunset. Yet, as its official end-of-life date creeps ever closer, those still loyal to the legacy app have recently found themselves facing intense...
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Microsoft's classic Outlook app, widely used through Office 365, has been experiencing a frustrating and significant typing lag issue that users have reported for months. The root cause, Microsoft has now acknowledged, is a serious CPU usage spike—sometimes up to 30-50%—triggered during routine...
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Microsoft’s longstanding email client, Classic Outlook, recently faced a significant usability issue that has affected many users across various update channels. A troubling bug caused the CPU usage to spike dramatically—sometimes jumping from a normal baseline to as high as 30 to 50 percent...
Microsoft's classic Outlook client is currently facing a significant performance issue that has drawn user ire and industry attention. Many users have reported that the legacy Outlook version is now turning into a system resource hog, causing CPU usage to spike dramatically—sometimes reaching...
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Microsoft's classic Outlook client has recently become the center of frustration for many users due to a CPU usage spike bug that causes the application to consume disproportionately high system resources, locking up computers and draining power. This issue, which has been officially confirmed...
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Microsoft has recently admitted to a significant performance anomaly affecting its Classic Outlook application on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Users have reported that during routine tasks such as typing emails, the Classic Outlook client occasionally triggers dramatic spikes in CPU usage that can...
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The recent CPU spike issue in Classic Outlook on Windows has become a significant pain point for users and IT professionals alike, casting renewed light on Microsoft’s ongoing push for adoption of the New Outlook client. This problem, officially acknowledged by Microsoft in 2025, causes Classic...
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The recent revelations about classic Outlook's escalating CPU usage have sent ripples of frustration and concern across the Windows user community, particularly among enterprise IT professionals and power users who rely heavily on stable, efficient email clients. Microsoft’s official admission...
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Microsoft would no doubt like to imagine the venerable Classic Outlook for Windows ambling quietly into a dignified retirement by 2029, sipping earl grey in a sunlit corner of the productivity manor. Yet, in reality, its twilight years are beginning to look more like a wild house party with the...
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Microsoft’s once-beloved classic Outlook for Windows—the stalwart sidekick of office cubicles, kitchen counters, and eccentric garden sheds worldwide—has officially developed an appetite. Not for cornflakes or croissants, but for your computer’s resources. Yes, after months of user complaints, a...
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Imagine you’re typing out a quick, innocuous email—maybe a last-minute apology for being “slightly” late to a Monday morning Teams meeting—and you feel the unmistakable whir of your laptop’s fan. As you innocently pound the keys, your CPU usage creeps, then leaps. Your device, suddenly...
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When Typing an Email Turns Your CPU into a Furnace: Unpacking the Latest Outlook Bug
Picture this: you’re drafting a simple email in the classic Outlook for Microsoft 365, and suddenly your computer sounds like a jet engine taking off. Your CPU usage spikes wildly, soaring to 30-50% utilization...
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Microsoft has addressed a longstanding annoyance for Windows 11 users: the classic Outlook drag-and-drop bug. If you rely on dragging emails or calendar items into folders, you’ll be pleased to know that the disruptive issue introduced by recent Windows updates has finally been resolved in the...
Attention Windows users and Microsoft Office warriors! If your beloved classic Outlook suddenly decided to stage an elaborate disappearing act whenever you try to whip up a new email or forward one, don’t panic—it’s not just you. Microsoft has officially acknowledged a rather frustrating bug...