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
    2021-04-21T00:08:08+00:00

    Here are some fixes:

    1. Check your update: including Microsoft Store and driver 
    2. Run troubleshoot - System Maintenance
    3. Check your anti-virus software. It's including: check Windows Defender, remove some unusual software,...
    4. If you've 100% disk so don't worry! Some apps collect and send to owner error for future development. Just wait 5-10 minutes, and it'll be ok.
    5. Still having this problem? I think you must start a new thread about this problem, with detailed information from Windows Error Reporter.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-21T02:13:59+00:00

    Have you actually read this thread? You should do that before trying to give "advice".

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-21T03:04:31+00:00

    Thanks but I don't own a Dell. 

    @MarcHoppe - sure, but you posted that useful information for Dell owners, and I was just expanding a bit for others.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-21T05:27:36+00:00

    Simulations ChannelThe Flight

    1. Updates installed when issue, Windows checks at least 2ce a day for any new issued updates.
    2. System maintenance/trouble shoot runs automatically as a regular MS task. Did have errors sometimes with updates but these disappeared over 3 months ago.
    3. AV OK, Window Defender installed - no 'unusual software' nothing new installed for 2 years.
    4. A system should very, very rarely use 100% disc so the fact it does is cause to worry as this infers a problem.
    5. No need for a new thread as this thread is in connection with WaasMedic using 100% disc on frequent occasions - I have only had the issue once - normally WaasMedic running takes 50% usage including all other processes, as this happens at boot, a large amount of disc is required to load system files, app start--ups etc. (in my case minimal number)

    I do have a Dell computer but I assume all contributors to this thread have various other makes.

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