How to disable Microsoft Upload Center 2013 ?

Hello,

I have listed in the Task Scheduler Library a Office 15 Subscription Heartbeat, which triggers daily at 12:00 AM which start at log on of any user, after triggered, repeat every 12:00 indefinitely.

       

I purchased and installed a non-subscription version of Office 2013 Pro Plus.

WHY is there a surreptitious entry in Task Schduler which verifies a permanent licne on a daily basis?

WHY is this entry made without knowledge or permission of the user?

There are numerous pother Windows 8 / 8.1 and Office 2013 tasks which trigger silently without alerting the user that info is being collected and sent to Microsoft.

WHAT makes these tasks any different from a worm communicating with its' server?

I agree with all the complaints about microsoft 'forcing' users to use the upload center. Heavy Handed!!

I found this solution from a google search and it seems to work...

If you open task manager and stop the process MSOSYNC.EXE (right click and open its location first) that will kill the process. Then perform the following:

1. In the folder of MSOSYNC.EXE, delete the file.
2. Open notepad, and save a text file to that same location.
3. Rename the test file from “New Text Document.txt” to MSOSYNC.EXE

Many thanks to "Admin" at gearbytes for the solution. (I had to open notepad with administrator rights)

http://www.gearbytes.com/2013/10/how-to-disable-the-office-2013-upload-center/

Honestly though, Microsoft are getting more like Appl3 with removing choice from their software, I guess at least their OS is open enough for people like "Admin" to work out hacks...

Hope this helps someone else

Hi,

you might want to uninstall "Microsoft Office Workspaces" feature of Office.

Here is the msiexec command:

msiexec.exe /i {90150000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} REMOVE=WxpFiles

The GUID in this example is Office 2013 Pro Plus, you might change to the GUID of your Office. Take a look into your Registry, under "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" or "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" and look for your Office GUID.

also, take a look into this thread:

disable upload center via OCT 2010 Ajdin

Hello,

For office 2013, the upload center is a service that has to be disabled.

open services.msc > find "Microsoft office services" stop the service than set to manual or disabled.

Simple solution: 

Ccleaner>>StartupItems>>ScheduledTasks

Also, if you navigate to windows scheduled tasks, you will find the entry there despite any illusions.

Removing mysosync is not a good idea unless you want to be the first to try and let us know.