Windows 10: Background task - Intel_PIE_Service.exe SHA1:0xe69f9255

I found this Intel_PIE_Service.exe SHA1:0xe69f9255 running in the background is it a virus or any sort of cryptominer?

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background task - Intel_PIE_Service.exe SHA1:0xaf1a342b

I found the "Intel_PIE_Service.exe SHA1:0xaf1a342b" task running in the background. it this a virus.

 

background task - Intel_PIE_Service.exe SHA1:0xaf1a342b

Hi Divij

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

Rest assured, Intel_PIE_Service.exe SHA1:0xaf1a342b is a legitimate task that is associated to your Intel Wireless card software and is no harm to your PC . . .

 

Background tasks no-longer running

So I've now got my background tasks working again with the help of people at the WPCentral forum. They advised that I uninstall apps that can use background tasks, whether those tasks are enabled or not. The theory is that Windows Phone has some kind of
issue with there being too many apps installed that register the use of background tasks and that disabling the background tasks does not help.



So here's what I did:

• Go to settings --> swipe left --> background tasks --> advanced.
• Make a list of all of the apps installed that can run background tasks.
• Uninstall as many of those apps as possible. In my case, I had quite a few apps that I actually rarely use.
• Restart the phone.

That's it. The background tasks for the apps I actually want to be able to run then just started running again. One person in the thread suggested you can also work around the problem by careful configuration of each app to disable background operations
you don't actually want, without having to uninstall them.



For more detail you can see the WPCentral forum thread here:
http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-8/240483-background-tasks-no-longer-running.html.