WaasMedic Agent Exe stopping me from working

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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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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.

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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2021-09-27T01:06:04+00:00

WHY? Every....Sunday over 10 minutes grinding away at my hard drive reading files for WHAT? Paul Sey have the common human decency to at least respond.
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2021-09-27T05:54:08+00:00

This is all like the crime dramas & reality programmes on TV. The criminal is caught red-handed, at police interview under questioning, only reply is 'No Comment'. Why do MS not respond? People are reporting back on Feedback Hub as REQUESTED, why do MS at least acknowledge and update us as to progress in analysing this data and progress in finding a cure. This would make a good CRIME drama - are MS in fact GUILTY of this crime? This issue was first reported on this thread in January this year, other non MS threads even earlier.
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2021-09-27T19:28:39+00:00

Why do you all keep posting as if this is a problem? IT IS NOT! IT IS A PURPOSEFUL SPYWARE 'FEATURE' THAT IS WORKING PERFECTLY, IN MICROSLOTH'S MIND, AND THEY DON'T GIVE A DANG IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

WE ARE LESS THAN DIRT TO MS. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY OF USERS BY THE SHORT CURLIES AND THEREFORE CAN ABUSE US ANYWAY THEY SEE FIT AND WE WILL STILL SIGN-UP WITH TONGUES HANGING OUT FOR EVEN GREATER LEVELS OF ABUSE IN WINDOWS 11.
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2021-10-06T05:57:04+00:00

Interesting news item here in UK relating to Windows 11

The minimum requirements include a type of security chip - called a TPM - only installed on modern computers.

"If your device does not meet these requirements, you may not be able to install Windows 11 on your device and might want to consider purchasing a new PC," Microsoft says.

The company has just launched a range of its own new hardware devices to coincide with the new Windows version.

But users already running Windows 10 do not need to go to this expense if the computer is still working. Windows 10 will continue to be supported and receive security updates until October 2025.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58795119
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