Windows 7 running the background WEI check whenever it wants

[Denis W. Veteran]

I thought it was mentioned during Windows 7's beta that the background Windows Experience Index check (which replaces the initial test done after a fresh install) runs only when the PC is idle. Yet after installing new Forceware drivers which occasionally trigger a need to refresh the score, I've caught the test coming on two or three times while gaming, and just now, where the DWM shut down without warning and started back up two minutes later.

What's up with this?

[Sean2989]

Not a clue, but whatever it is I'd like to know why it does it randomly. I literally just had to shut it down right before I saw this post. Anyone got any ideas?

[Beastage]

Hmm, doesn't happen to me, did you clean install or upgrade from beta? (yes it is possible to upgrade from beta)

In the meantime take a peek at scheduled events, see if anything forces it to work.

[Denis W. Veteran]

Clean install.

I had a look at its task in Task Scheduler and nothing seemed out of the ordinary:

- Scheduled weekly on Sunday at 1 AM (conveniently it's at this hour that I usually am in-game, not today though)

- Start the task if idle for 10 minutes

----Wait for idle for 1 hour

--Stop if computer ceases to be idle

[Leo Natan]

Yep, I deleted the entry in Task Scheduler completely because it was driving me mad. I'm watching a 1080p movie - suddenly BAM this sh*t starts and everything goes down to a crawl. I play a game - suddenly I'm thrown out for no apparent reason, only to find the WinSAT bullsh*t in task manager. What is the point anyway? Not like I change my hardware every week. :rolleyes: