Mysterious Command Prompt popups - please help

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  1. Posts : 23
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       #11

    In the event log the closest i found was these two things. Do these give any ideas?

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  2. Posts : 23
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       #12

    topgundcp said:
    Download: Process Lasso Portable Edition and run.
    When it happens, open Process Lasso and look in the Action Log to see what was running.
    The log will tell you the time and date, the path of the program etc...
    Wow, theoretically this should allow me to take care of the problem. I'll try it out and report back.
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  3. Posts : 111
    Windows 10 Pro 21H1
       #13

    Try an experiment. Make a new user and log into the new account to see if you get the popups.

    I think what you are seeing is some sort of script file that runs either at certain intervals or runs upon some sort of event. Windows scripts are files with the following file name extensions: .wsf, .vbs, .js. You can search for such files if you show hidden files in "file explorer options" and then go to c: drive and do a search for those type files. However, there are so many valid script files within Windows that a rogue one would be hard to find.
    Aside from doing a system reset I wouldn't know what else to try as you have already done everything I would do for such a strange problem. It may take a reset to get rid of it.
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  4. Posts : 111
    Windows 10 Pro 21H1
       #14

    [QUOTE=topgundcp;501002]Download: Process Lasso Portable Edition and run.
    When it happens, open Process Lasso and look in the Action Log to see what was running.
    The log will tell you the time and date, the path of the program etc...
    Thanks topgundcp. Glad to have read your post. That's one program I had never heard of. The fact that it's portable makes it even better. Will add Lasso to my box of tools.
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  5. Posts : 23
    Windows 10 Pro
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       #15

    Well, it happened again at 0:00, so it seems to start every 6 hours. But unfortunately Process Lasso did not show anything in the log! Is this strange?
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  6. Posts : 23
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       #16

    I managed to take a glimpse at the task manager while the popup happened. In the processes tab, sorted by CPU%, at the top was Service Host: Local System (14). I'm switching to Details, maybe it will help narrow it down.

    Is it reasonable to say now that a third party process can be excluded as the culprit?
    Last edited by jjensson; 14 Dec 2015 at 09:58.
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       #17

    jjensson said:
    Well, it happened again at 0:00, so it seems to start every 6 hours. But unfortunately Process Lasso did not show anything in the log! Is this strange?
    Process Lasso must be running in the background all the time to log what's going on.
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  8. Posts : 23
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       #18

    topgundcp said:
    Process Lasso must be running in the background all the time to log what's going on.
    Oh, it was. The window was open on the left side of my 27" monitor all the time. :)
    But strangely, the popup left no trace in the log.
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  9. Posts : 23
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       #19

    UPDATE: I cought it. Finally. Had to record a video with my DSLR, and even then it lasted only 2 frames at 30fps!

    Mysterious Command Prompt popups - please help-popup.jpg

    It's a schtasks.exe, apparently the task scheduler. Albeit i found no such tasks there. Please, can somebody help, i'm going bonkers here...
    Last edited by jjensson; 14 Dec 2015 at 20:23.
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  10. Posts : 23
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       #20

    Well, well, well... I went full retard in the Task Scheduler and deleted a bunch of stinking MS related spying tasks, and... there we go. No popup anymore. At least i can't reproduce it, all of a sudden.

    Since my PC beginnings with win98 i was a tweaking extremist, but in the last years i went easier and easier. Win7 was working more or less out of the box, and i thought that finally Win10 will be so user friendly that no more tweaking and disabling would be necessary. WRONG!

    I'm taking my control back! "Turn that shit off" is my motto once more. And yeah, FU MS.
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