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
    2021-04-11T15:20:48+00:00

    Aren't there risks to disabling waasmedic?  I'm assuming it performs a necessary function, but I could be wrong.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-10T20:43:36+00:00

    I have learned WaasMedic Agent.exe is scheduled to run every seven days and is scheduled to run tomorrow April 11th. Everybody check to see if it runs and then take note of how long it runs. Also check to see how much disk activity it uses.  If its purpose is to fix issues with Windows updates then it shouldn't need to run for a long time every week unless Microsoft is breaking Windows every week. Tuesday is patch Tuesday so maybe we'll get a fix but I doubt it since M$ doesn't even seem to care that their operating system makes some computer unable to operate.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-10T20:05:01+00:00

    I DID stop and disable the Java update checker, but WaazMedic keeps running on every boot....

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-10T16:45:52+00:00

    Yesterday morning on boot, had a display adaptor (Intel) come down through WUD. Self installed with a second or two of screen black out & a 'bing - bong'. Restart required & done, all working OK. PM boot OK, AM this morning OK, PM boot running and degraded performance, ie. opening apps etc.  Lasted 2/3 minutes  (from 5 mins from 'ON' button) then diminished - finished after another 2-3 minutes so all clear with-in 10 minutes of 'ON'. So looks as WAASMedic runs after an install - not noted in Task Scheduler history as run so must be a separate trigger. The joke has now lasted for 4 months - no longer funny Microsoft - SORT IT - was not noticeable until the last few months - something MS  has done as we have no control what rubbish they send us.

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