Program or background process popup keeps appearing

Anonymous

For days I've been getting this popup window on my Windows 10 Build 1803 computer:

"The program or a background process quit unexpectedly. Would you like to send information to a developer?"

It occurs intermittently, often every 5-10 minutes, and is EXTREMELY annoying. When I click on it, it disappears with no results but keeps reappearing. I cannot figure out what program is causing this as all programs I use are accounted for. The machine has been scanned several times and there is no sign of virus or malware. There have been no new programs installed and Windows and all drivers are current. It's a total loss to me what this is.

Anyone have any idea?

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Anonymous

The newest build of System Mechanic - version 18.02.486 -- released in mid-October 2018 finally puts an end to this most irritating problem.

It appears to be safe to use System Mechanic again.

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Anonymous

2018-09-02T18:02:24+00:00

I have confirmed with Iolo Technologies that this is a current problem with System Mechanic that they are working to fix. They promise a fix with the next update - no date given. It does no harm but sure is aggravating.
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Anonymous

2018-09-02T22:42:14+00:00
WBGavin,

Thank you for the confirmation from System Mechanic that they will be fixing this with the next update! I received a reply from them which offered the option of modifying the Active Care schedule that another user previously provided (see below). For me, uninstalling Malware Killer seemed to do the trick, so I have not changed that setting. I let them know this, and also that the pop up started with their last update in mid-August.
- Open System Mechanic Professional
- Click on the Settings or the gear like icon located at the upper right corner
- Go to Active Care and expand the settings
- Go under Exceptions
- Put a check mark on "Do not run between"
- Set the time wherein the software will not run
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Anonymous

2018-09-03T16:38:17+00:00

Same Problem

My Event says.

Log Name: Application

Source: Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC 2

Date: 5/16/2018 05:27:14 PM

Event ID: 4104

Task Category: Cluster

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: Pauls-pc

Description:

Failed trying to get the state of the cluster node: .The error code returned: 0x8007085A

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC 2" Guid="{5D9E0020-3761-4f36-90C8-38CE6511BD12}" EventSourceName="MSDTC 2" />

<EventID Qualifiers="16384">4104</EventID>

<Version>0</Version>

<Level>2</Level>

<Task>14</Task>

<Opcode>0</Opcode>

<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-05-16T22:27:14.371274300Z" />

<EventRecordID>35</EventRecordID>

<Correlation />

<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />

<Channel>Application</Channel>

<Computer>Pauls-pc</Computer>

<Security />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data Name="param1">

</Data>

<Data Name="param2">0x8007085A</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>
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Anonymous

2018-09-04T00:39:59+00:00

p115

I tried the Active Care "Do Not Run" fix and it did not work for me. So I am just waiting for the update and have my fingers crossed that it will work.
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