Recent content by Steerpike

Confirmed - I ran for a day+ with the setting above ("let this system component run in background") set to 'Never', and there were NO 'BackgroundTaskHost' entries in task manager. I then changed it back to 'Power Optimized (recommended)', and gradually saw a build-up of BackgroundTaskHost...

Well that's interesting - I decided to go to settings / system / system components / (phone link entry - ... - more options) / advanced options / Background component permissions / "Let this system component run in the background" - change from 'Power Optimized (recommended)' to 'Never'. When...

2 days ago, I killed off (right click / end task) the 80+ instances of BackgroundTaskHost.exe. Today, 2 days later, I have 29 new instances in task manager, and event log shows 32 instances of BackgroundTaskInfrastructure events (so not quite 1-to-1, but close), with 'did not complete in...

I now have 81 'background task host' entries in task manager - its slowly but surely growing. My guess is, some action I'm taking is triggering a new instance each time - opening an outlook email, opening a new Edge browser session, or similar. Online information suggests it's tied to 'MS App...

Interesting. I don't use the MS Store for anything, and I avoid Cortana and Copilot/etc. I do use MS Office products extensively (excel, word, outlook). I don't play any games. I'm now up to 40+ processes. I'll keep an eye on it. A couple of days ago I reported here that I saw over 150...

What are we disabling here, with the registry edit? Looks like we are disabling the startup of a service 'WpnUserService'. This appears to be the "Windows Push Notification User Service' - so 'push notifications'. Are 'push notifications' directly related to 'background task host' entries?

Thanks for the pointer. Would a 'restart' be the same as a 'shutdown' in this context? I never, ever shutdown but I do restart from time to time (did restart yesterday, as it happens). When I restart, there's always a list of apps 'preventing shutdown' but it's usually things like 'task...

Wow - that seems messed up! I presume you've rebooted, etc (I never reboot these days so I have to explicitly think about it!). So alt(hold)-tab-tab-tab steps through the actual windows/apps, not the 'list' - you no longer get the popup list. Boo hiss. I'm still a bit puzzled (though it's...

Thanks so much for this tutorial - that 'nag' has been driving me crazy and I had no idea if could be stopped! FYI, a key step for the left-hand option is 'scroll to bottom' :) ! Neither option appeared to match my 'notifications' panel. I couldn't find the entry 'additional settings' until...

I just happened to glance at the task manager, and noticed over 30 'Background Task Host' entries under 'Background Processes'. They are all at the 'parent' level, not 'children' under a parent process. They are all consuming 0 CPU, 0 memory, 0 disk, 0 network (so pretty benign, other than their...

To clarify - you say "ALT-TAB does not show me a list on the screen of all my open windows, allowing me to cycle to the one I need, now it only switches between them one at a time. So now if I have 20 windows open, I have to hit ALT-TAB 20 times to go through them.". For me, 1) I...

Is there some filtering going on that I'm not aware of? This is what I'm seeing in 'Settings > Apps > installed Apps': No 'Phone Link' to be found anywhere. I did find it under 'System Components' as indicated by the other poster.

Thanks - I went to settings / System / System Components, and sure enough, I see 'Phone Link' as in your screenshot. Yet another place to look for stuff! I clicked the 'three dots' item, and chose 'advanced options'. There, I see an entry 'Runs at log-in', and it's OFF! And yet, I have entries...

Have you used it specifically for Phone Link or are you just recommending Revo in general? I notice that Phone Link does not show up as an installed program under Settings / Apps / Installed Apps, or under control panel / programs / windows features. So I'm not clear on whether 'Phone Link' is...

My brand-new 32 Gig RAM Win 11 Home laptop was getting a bit 'laggy'. Looked at Task Manager, Background Processes, noticed a 'Phone Link' entry with (153) sub-processes - all 'Background Task Host'. They weren't using CPU or much RAM at the time I looked, but - why are there 150+ processes? I...