Numerous taskeng.exe processes

I'm on Vista Ultimate and I've just noticed I have about 30-40 taskeng.exe
processes in the Processes list in Task Manager!

Restarting doesn't remove them, yet the PC seems stable and normal. Why are
there so many and how can I fix this? It's making my total processes to 124!
I have no viruses or spyware. The majority of the taskeng.exe processes are
around "896 K" in size.

Hello,

taskeng.exe is a running scheduled task. You should open up task scheduler:

- click start
- type: task scheduler
- press enter

And see what tasks you have running.


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

"nLinked" <> wrote in message
news:6911CBDD-8A24-4024-8275-...
> I'm on Vista Ultimate and I've just noticed I have about 30-40 taskeng.exe
> processes in the Processes list in Task Manager!
>
> Restarting doesn't remove them, yet the PC seems stable and normal. Why
> are there so many and how can I fix this? It's making my total processes
> to 124! I have no viruses or spyware. The majority of the taskeng.exe
> processes are around "896 K" in size.

Hello,

In Task Scheduler, in the Active Tasks section, it has 21 tasks. Each one is
different and they seem to be system-created (I didn't create any). They
seem legitimate.

In my Task Manager, I've just counted 73 instances of taskeng.exe! I don't
think this is normal and I don't know how to identify the 73 of them in Task
Scheduler.

"Jimmy Brush" <> wrote in message
news:688F0299-618D-48EC-842E-...
> Hello,
>
> taskeng.exe is a running scheduled task. You should open up task
> scheduler:
>
> - click start
> - type: task scheduler
> - press enter
>
> And see what tasks you have running.
>
>
> --
> - JB
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> "nLinked" <> wrote in message
> news:6911CBDD-8A24-4024-8275-...
>> I'm on Vista Ultimate and I've just noticed I have about 30-40
>> taskeng.exe processes in the Processes list in Task Manager!
>>
>> Restarting doesn't remove them, yet the PC seems stable and normal. Why
>> are there so many and how can I fix this? It's making my total processes
>> to 124! I have no viruses or spyware. The majority of the taskeng.exe
>> processes are around "896 K" in size.
>

This does not sound like a normal situation.

Here's what I suggest:

- Download process explorer from the microsoft website here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx

- Once downloaded, extract process explorer some place
- Right-click on procexp.exe, and click run as administrator
- When it loads, click the view menu, and then select columns
- Put a check mark next to command line, and click OK
- Enlarge the command line column so you can read it
- Look for your taskeng.exe's. Look under the command line column, and see
if you can see a pattern (for example, they all contain a certain number)
- Reply back with your findings. You can copy the command line for a
taskeng.exe if you right-click on it and click properties.

"nLinked" <> wrote in message
news:067C2DA2-0691-4B72-88FE-...
> Hello,
>
> In Task Scheduler, in the Active Tasks section, it has 21 tasks. Each one
> is different and they seem to be system-created (I didn't create any).
> They seem legitimate.
>
> In my Task Manager, I've just counted 73 instances of taskeng.exe! I don't
> think this is normal and I don't know how to identify the 73 of them in
> Task Scheduler.
>
> "Jimmy Brush" <> wrote in message
> news:688F0299-618D-48EC-842E-...
>> Hello,
>>
>> taskeng.exe is a running scheduled task. You should open up task
>> scheduler:
>>
>> - click start
>> - type: task scheduler
>> - press enter
>>
>> And see what tasks you have running.
>>
>>
>> --
>> - JB
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> "nLinked" <> wrote in message
>> news:6911CBDD-8A24-4024-8275-...
>>> I'm on Vista Ultimate and I've just noticed I have about 30-40
>>> taskeng.exe processes in the Processes list in Task Manager!
>>>
>>> Restarting doesn't remove them, yet the PC seems stable and normal. Why
>>> are there so many and how can I fix this? It's making my total processes
>>> to 124! I have no viruses or spyware. The majority of the taskeng.exe
>>> processes are around "896 K" in size.
>>

Thank you for your reply.

I have followed your instructions but can't see much of a pattern in the
command lines.

I have uploaded a screenshot of it here:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5093/capturefq5.png

All of them don't take up any CPU but there is pattern in their size,
they're nearly all around 895 K.

My other Vista PC only has two instances of taskeng.exe. But on this
computer, they start off around 5, and continue increasing in number from
the moment I logon.

"Jimmy Brush" <> wrote in message
news:26570D31-881E-41D1-B264-...
> This does not sound like a normal situation.
>
> Here's what I suggest:
>
> - Download process explorer from the microsoft website here:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx
>
> - Once downloaded, extract process explorer some place
> - Right-click on procexp.exe, and click run as administrator
> - When it loads, click the view menu, and then select columns
> - Put a check mark next to command line, and click OK
> - Enlarge the command line column so you can read it
> - Look for your taskeng.exe's. Look under the command line column, and
> see if you can see a pattern (for example, they all contain a certain
> number)
> - Reply back with your findings. You can copy the command line for a
> taskeng.exe if you right-click on it and click properties.
>
> "nLinked" <> wrote in message
> news:067C2DA2-0691-4B72-88FE-...
>> Hello,
>>
>> In Task Scheduler, in the Active Tasks section, it has 21 tasks. Each one
>> is different and they seem to be system-created (I didn't create any).
>> They seem legitimate.
>>
>> In my Task Manager, I've just counted 73 instances of taskeng.exe! I
>> don't think this is normal and I don't know how to identify the 73 of
>> them in Task Scheduler.
>>
>> "Jimmy Brush" <> wrote in message
>> news:688F0299-618D-48EC-842E-...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> taskeng.exe is a running scheduled task. You should open up task
>>> scheduler:
>>>
>>> - click start
>>> - type: task scheduler
>>> - press enter
>>>
>>> And see what tasks you have running.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> - JB
>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> "nLinked" <> wrote in message
>>> news:6911CBDD-8A24-4024-8275-...
>>>> I'm on Vista Ultimate and I've just noticed I have about 30-40
>>>> taskeng.exe processes in the Processes list in Task Manager!
>>>>
>>>> Restarting doesn't remove them, yet the PC seems stable and normal. Why
>>>> are there so many and how can I fix this? It's making my total
>>>> processes to 124! I have no viruses or spyware. The majority of the
>>>> taskeng.exe processes are around "896 K" in size.
>>>
>

I am also having this problem and its driving me nuts. Every few
minutes another taskeng.exe appears.

If I go into services and try to stop Task Scheduler "stop" is greyed
out. I also cannot change the startup from Automatic, its also greyed
out.

If I run msconfig and uncheck task scheduler it re-checks itself as
soon as I press Apply!?!

I feel hijacked, any ideas?


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psychoholica

I was getting out of memory alerts and being asked to close whatever the
large memory consumption task I had recently opened.

I found the same thing happening to me. Thanks to the info about
showing hidden tasks in task scheduler, I found the same thing. It was
running regularly, but never succeeding, so I disabled it. It was set
to run at midnight and every 5 minutes thereafter, and on request and
every 5 minutes thereafter.

Was very concerned about having had my machinr hijacked!

Erbid


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Erbid
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It's too bad registration is required to say thank you, but I understand
the need. Anyway, I went thru the hassle just so I could say thanks for
the great info. I, too, was having this issue. I was about to
troubleshoot it myself (as I'm sure almost everyone who comes here can
do) but then I thought, "Let's see if anyone else has this problem". You
just saved me a bunch of hours figuring it out. So thanks.


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Ikon
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I currently have about 104 taskeng.exe processes running, but my
User_Feed_Synchronizations tasks are all succeeding. Any ideas?


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Sean F
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 03:18:22 +0100, Sean F
<> wrote:

>I currently have about 104 taskeng.exe processes running, but my
>User_Feed_Synchronizations tasks are all succeeding. Any ideas?

I have only three running.

Taskeng.exe is the scheduler.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/a.../aa906020.aspx

To see all that is scheduled...

Click Start

Type TASK SCHEDULER into the start-search box

When the window opens, click Task Scheduler (local) to see what's
running