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Find String (grep) Utility, Windows PowerShell, Console Window Host and Windows Command Processor keep launching on their own. Windows 11

Anonymous
2023-12-17T03:40:05+00:00

Find String (grep) Utility, Windows PowerShell, Console Window Host and Windows Command Processor keep launching on their own at the same time on my computer and I dont know what to do about it.

And dont really feel comfortable with it happening.

This is happening on, as far as I know, the most recent version of Windows 11, and has never happened before.

What could be causing this?

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  1. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-12-17T05:22:29+00:00

    It should be in the Task Scheduler Library.

    Run from admin Command Prompt:

    SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Tasks\SystemOptimizer" /Disable

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-17T04:16:42+00:00

    I did, but it does still keep happening.
    Any idea why?

    Also glad to know the system is at least clean.

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  2. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-12-17T04:10:23+00:00

    The system is clean. The command windows you see are caused by these HP-related scheduled tasks:

    Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\ABO
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\BatteryStatusError
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\BCF
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\BHM1
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\BHM2
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\FastSystemTests
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\LaunchUI
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\ShowUI
Tasks\Hewlett-Packard\HP Diagnostics\SmartCheckError
Tasks\HP\Consent Manager Launcher

    If you don't need them, please open Task Scheduler and disable them.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-17T03:58:11+00:00

    Some rogue scheduled tasks may be causing this. Please run the Farbar Scanner and share your logs.

    Here is the thing

    edit: made it view, not edit

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  4. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-12-17T03:46:23+00:00

    Some rogue scheduled tasks may be causing this. Please run the Farbar Scanner and share your logs.

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