WaasMedic Agent Exe stopping me from working

Windows 10 was recently installed in January on my machine and since the February update I noticed a strange behavior from WaasMedic Agent Exe. Every time I turned on my computer the next day, WaasMedic would appear and start consuming 100% of the disk for at least 5 minutes before Windows Update check updates for Windows Defender and Windows, and the process would also appear when triggering the Windows Update Troubleshooter. Strangely WaasMedic Agent Exe no longer runs on my machine after installing the recent KB5001649 update, not even forcing it through the Windows Update Troubleshooter as used to be. It's like if the process doesn't run or get triggered by something anymore.

Mit ein wenig Geduld, löst sich das Problem von alleine.

Feedback hub is a waste of time.  It is just a marketing gimmick to hook you into Microsloth paid cloud services.  There is ABSOLUTELY NO TECHNICALLY JUSTIFIABLE REASON that you should have to have, or sign in to a Microsloth account in order to "feedback".  Microsloth is all the time collecting and uploading info from your machine without your say-so or knowledge EVEN IF THE MACHINE YOU ARE ON NEVER HAD A MICROSOFT ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.  "Feedback" is just a way to blow you off without having to pay for an email / phone / chat AI or agent to do it.  This way the build it into the OS and YOU pay to blow yourself off thinking that somehow your efforts will result in some sort of technical support.  Feedback's main goal is to suck you into the full suite of OneDrive / Microsoft 360 / "Microsoft Desktop" paid cloud / tech support services.

On 03/12/21, I fired up an MS Surface I only use in the field to off-load Pics from my digital camera for review on a screen lager than the camera's viewfinder or LCD panel.  It went into update mode, requested a restart to finish the updates, spent 2 hours with just the dark screen and circling white dots (not the usual "Windows update xx% complete..." on a blue screen.  Since it was clear the machine was hung (CTRL-ALT-DEL etc didn't work), I used the power button to shut down.  After a few minutes, powered back up, took several minutes from its SSD to get to a log-in screen and once running I checked WUD to find an error on the download.  Retry failed.  I downloaded the standalone patch installer from MS, it too will not install, so at that point I gave up, shut the  machine down and will see if when I use it again in a week or two if MS has gotten their act together yet and will be able to install that update correctly.

Offending package: "2021-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 20H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5000802) (3) Failed to install on 3/12/2021 - 0x80070020".

As a side note if you look at notices posted to this KB's page ( ) you find this outright lie:

"2/24/21
IMPORTANT As part of the end of support for Adobe Flash, KB4577586is now available as an optional update from Windows Update (WU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Installing KB4577586 will remove Adobe Flash Player permanently from your Windows device. Once installed, you cannot uninstall KB4577586."

There has been nothing "optional" about this update on ANY of my Windows 10 machines.  All needed to use a Flash coded "HP Solution Center" app to control scanning on an HP AIO.  That app no longer functions and HP's solution is to use MS "Fax and Scan" app which give ZERO control that was available through the Flash app. (Ex. scan dpi, use OCR, scan to various file formats, B&W or Color, auto correct skew, preview with cropping, contrast higher / lower before saving etc.)

Just another example of Adobe and MS following the Apple"we know better than you, stupid user, what you want".