virus scare - Why the fuck does Microsoft Office have a background process that opens a cmd window every hour? - devRant

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2

kunashe

1997

7y

I fuckin noticed this too. I thought it was some nefarious software I caught on the interweb.
1

drRoss

4943

7y

Yeah, this is weird. You can disable it in the task scheduler though.
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bkwilliams

7431

7y

I've seen the window, how did you find that is is Office?
2

Pachari

62

7y

@bkwilliams it's called "officebackgroundtaskhandler" or something like that
1

Triskelion

969

7y

It's Microsoft only use it for photo/video editing and games. Otherwise don't use it...

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