Winsat Will Not Be Disabled Through Task Scheduler - Manual Delete?

[Doctor Wrex]

Hi. Winsat is running every day when I start my laptop, even though I disabled it in the task scheduler.

I can't figure out /why/ it's running, because it shouldn't be, let alone every day. It used to run never at all, that I was aware of. A month or so ago, it started popping up a command prompt window once a week. I disabled it in the task scheduler about two weeks ago, and it seemed to stop... now it's doing it every day.

How/why is this running despite being disabled in the scheduler? Can I delete the whole program? Because I do not give a crap about my WEI score, and all it seems to do is max out my hardware, which I don't think is good to be doing every day.

Thanks guys, <3 these forums!

EDIT:
Also, in the task scheduler, it says the last time it ran was 11 days ago... but i just watched it run today.

Another edit:
And I tried to run winsat by searching it in the startbar and activating it. I get a blip of a command prompt window and it's gone. not in the task manager, not using any hardware. Is that normal?

 

[Callender]

We do know something about a fake WAT popup. Hopefully that's not what you are seeing?

http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...6-windows-activation-technologies-pop-up.html

 

[Doctor Wrex]

We do know something about a fake WAT popup. Hopefully that's not what you are seeing?

http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...6-windows-activation-technologies-pop-up.html

I do not think that's what I was dealing with. It never asks for permission of any sort, just runs the thing in the command prompt. It seems that it's not doing it frequently anymore, and I suspect it may have had something to do with installing/reverting video drivers repeatedly due to nvidia releasing some problem drivers. I think it would run every time I changed the driver, so it might be legitimate. If that sounds normal, I think this thread is overdue to be marked as solved.

 

[Callender]

Okay well I'm guessing here. I think it seems likely that you have installed Windows Updates that add telemetry/ tracking or add the ability to upgrade to Windows 10.

Check this list and see which ones are installed. Consider removing them if found.

 KB3068708 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
 KB3022345 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
 KB2952664 Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7
 KB2990214 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version of Windows
 KB3035583 Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1
 KB3075249 Update that adds telemetry points to consent.exe in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
 KB3080149 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry

Open Task Scheduler. Under Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft delete the following items:

• Everything under “Application Experience”
• Everything under “Autochk”
• Everything under “Customer Experience Improvement Program”
• Under “Disk Diagnostic” delete only the “Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector”
• Under “Maintenance” “WinSAT”
• “Media Center” and click the “status” column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them.