Numerous taskeng.exe processes

[nLinked]

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.

 

[Jimmy Brush]

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.

 

[nLinked]

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]

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/sysinternals/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]

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.

 

[Paul Montgomery]

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/appcompat/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

 

[Justin Buser]

You don't need process explorer, just open your task manager (right click on your task bar or hit ctrl-alt-delete) and then go to Select Columns under the View menu and add the Command Line Column, you may also want to add the Image Path column as well.

 

[Malke]

You don't need process explorer, just open your task manager (right click
on your task bar or hit ctrl-alt-delete) and then go to Select Columns
under the View menu and add the Command Line Column, you may also want to
add the Image Path column as well.

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Malke