Anyone know what CompatTelRunner.exe is/does?

Anonymous
2015-07-17T13:46:56+00:00

Wondering what CompatTelRunner.exe is doing on my computer?

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Anonymous
2016-10-10T10:18:04+00:00

"I disagree. I think you should get Windows 10 now"

I agree with Nekked Runner .

Not a good response as I too had the same basic question;

  1. I have a fresh install of WIn7 and running Comodo CIS Anti-Virus that detected this application.
  2. My question too was what does CompatTelRunner do?
  3. My concern is if this is an absolutlety necessary thing or can I shut it down or worse is an infected file?
  4. After repeated questioning it was finally admitted that it is a program that while desireable for those interested in upgrading would not be needed by some people as myself.
  5. From what I gather reading between lines of the respondant is that it is neither necessary nor will there be any negative impact to me by not allowing to to run except that maybe my computer and OS run better without it using resources.

So my solution was to tell Comodo CIS to just block and terminate this application every time it attempts to run. 

I did not have time yet to go though checking the services running to see if it can just be disabled there or if I need to search the registry manually but before going that far I think I may let Revo Unistaller have a go at it.

Hope this helps you

-Cicero Blues

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you're part of the problem.

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Anonymous
2015-08-12T19:03:09+00:00

That is the compatibility update for win 7 RTM.  Care to tell us more about the problem?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2977759

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-15T23:15:44+00:00

    Well... Today's update just reinstalled that piece of garbage and it's eagerly wasting my PC resources scanning... Have to go through the whole process of getting rid of this spyware again...

    To make things worst, looks like an admin started censoring this thread, and moved it out of sight...

    Yup.

    No doubt in my mind Microsoft is competing with Google to scoop whatever information they can from every computer that accesses the internet.

    We are heading down a very dangerous road and there seems to be no obstacles stopping the big three from

    their agendas.

    Sadly like most things, the Internet was/is a very big advancement in communications around the world but greed is taking ownership to exploit it.

    Personally when I am asked by friends, clients etc. what I think of Windows 10, my response is simply

    "It is a Virus at the OS level".

    Well... Today's update just reinstalled that piece of garbage and it's eagerly wasting my PC resources scanning... Have to go through the whole process of getting rid of this spyware again...

    To make things worst, looks like an admin started censoring this thread, and moved it out of sight...

    Yup.

    No doubt in my mind Microsoft is competing with Google to scoop whatever information they can from every computer that accesses the internet.

    We are heading down a very dangerous road and there seems to be no obstacles stopping the big three from

    their agendas.

    Sadly like most things, the Internet was/is a very big advancement in communications around the world but greed is taking ownership to exploit it.

    Personally when I am asked by friends, clients etc. what I think of Windows 10, my response is simply

    "It is a Virus at the OS level".

    It's literally spyware, from its textbook definition, and a potential Trojan horse. The only thing that is odd is that the reports from all those scans are apparently not *yet* sent anywhere, though I might just not have noticed where.

    Now, however, I'm stuck with a lame OS that underperforms Windows 7, and shady Microsoft is hiding those issues, moving the thread to Windows 7 support wile it's clearly a Windows 10 issues...

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-20T18:27:36+00:00

    Does it run if you opt out of the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program.

    How to: Opt out of Microsoft Customer Experience on Windows 10

    http://windowsreport.com/opt-out-microsoft-customer-experience-windows-10/

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-03-22T02:11:05+00:00

    Yes it does, even if turn off all the related Task Scheduler tasks, it still runs.

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