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
    2021-02-27T21:54:56+00:00

    Windows 10 has made my laptop almost unusable for up to to 15 minutes. WaasMedic, and System, etc running the hard drive at 100%.

    Hey Microsoft, Linux is FREE and runs much faster and more stable on every system I've installed it on than Win slow 10.

    But then Linux is an OPERATING SYSTEM not a Data Mining system. Come on Mr. Gates you've got all the money in the world how about just giving us a functioning Operating System for a change and stop trying to log every keystroke we make to squeeze every penny out of us ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-27T14:03:04+00:00

    I've have not been as hard hit as some postings, have had it running on boot sometimes, things are slow but not at a halt, usually lasts for 5-10 minutes then running as normal. It is definitely got some connection with errors when auto mid term Windows Updates fail to download. Monthly updates download & install with no problem (so far any way). Seems a bit of chicken & egg - is the download of WUD's at fault causing WAAS to run or is Update Health Tools problematic, bearing in mind there has been 2 updates (KB4023057) since late January? If a number of us are experiencing issues, surely this points to a Microsoft problem! I originally noticed the WUD error in November & December, strangely, both on mid term WUD's received on 1st of the month. The next on 3rd February then again on 25th Feb - all were for update net.framework . 17th Feb error again for removal of Flash - did not notice WAAS running. Also noticed since mid December had automatic creation of restore point notated as Windows Module Installer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-27T13:15:38+00:00

    For one hour, I watched WaasMedic Agent Exe using system resources to the point my computer was completely unusable.

    Edge would not even start ... and that was with quick start activated.

    I don't know what Microsoft is doing to us but from what I can see it is cutting productivity by 65%.

    For one hour this is what I was faced with:

    WaasMedic Agent Exe

    62% Memory

    48% Disk

    Power Usage from moderate to Very High

    I want this app/service removed or at least restrained. I cannot afford to wait for an hour everyday to start working!

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-26T15:37:08+00:00

    To anyone from Microsoft -- please respond. I've also been having the same problem being reported here (and I would assume many other users as well) -- WaaSMedicAgent.exe taking 100% disk usage for about 20-30 minutes after starting up my system every morning, rendering the computer virtually useless. I am running Win 10 Pro 20H2 as well.

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