WaasMedic Agent Exe stopping me from working

Anonymous
2021-01-02T19:26:13+00:00

My computer slowed to a crawl. I cannot work. I checked task manager and saw a process waas Medic agent exe is the culprit. It is using 2.8 mb of memory and 1.2 mbs of disk usage.

I understand this is a Microsoft process. What I don't understand is what give Microsoft the right to take over my computer whenever it wants to and stop me from working.

How do I stop this?

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Anonymous
2021-03-16T19:13:13+00:00

Update (5/5/21) - Editing with some additional details.

Can some of you reporting high CPU or high disk usage of the WaasMedic agent create a Feedback Hub entry for me and share the Feedback URL on this thread?

The most important part would be the 'Recreate my Problem' recording while you see the high resource usage in Task Manager.

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I want to promote some of these Feedback entries for investigation.

Updates:

Thank you for those who have been trying to file feedback. In some cases the system performance has prevented the use of Recreate my problem.

The Feedback is still useful without the recording, I will still raise those entries.

It is also useful if the Feedback is done shortly after the system is no longer experiencing the high disk usage, I will be calling out those entries as well.

Finally, I was not clear about the best Category and Sub Category selections. Please use Category: Install and update Sub Category: Downloading, installing, and configuring Windows Updates

Thanks,

Paul...

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-05T00:11:00+00:00

    I have the same problem.  It started about one month ago.  I would be unable to use any application that involved the use of an internet connection.  I would need to walk away from my computer for 20-30 minutes while this exe did its thing.  Then I could use my computer.  So I discovered that this was a Microsoft service.  Look in Task Manager under the "service" tab.  I clicked on the WassmedicAgent and was able to stop it from running.  And then I could start using my computer.  I have no idea what the impact will be, but I will just have to make sure that I have run Windows Updates which are on automatic anyway.  What concerns me is that so many people have this issue and Microsoft has done nothing about it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-04T20:06:49+00:00

    Follow the money. Are you paying anything more for upgrades to the OS?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-04T20:05:54+00:00

    This is why so many people are changing to Macs. ;-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-04T17:15:40+00:00

    You can always turn it off using Task Manager (ctrl-alt delete)

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