Windows 10: How to delete or disable agent exe???

I found out in the last 2 days this program called agent.exe how downloaded 200+gb? can anyone tell me what this is and why??

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Disable Virtual Agent

Hi,

The Virtual Agent on the support page of Microsoft is a feature and part of the web page. If you really want to disable it, you can refer to the steps provided by other community member in this thread as a workaround. If you want the support page of Microsoft
to have an option to disable the Virtual Agent, you can refer to the reply of
Mark Isi.

Regards.

 

desktop agent tray error message in windows 10

I tried the following suggestion. When I got to step 4, the list provided no checkmarks to uncheck and the icon for Desktop Agent Tray was a checkmark in a yellow circle. nothing happened when I clicked on the yellow circle with the checkmark. the title
on the list was Desktop Agent Tray(2) Clicking on the title opened a title beneath the Desktop Agent Tray (2) which did not have the (2)

the publisher of both titles was CenturyLink Inc and the status for the entry with the (2) was enabled and the status of the other entry was blank. Changing the status to disabled did nothing. the Start up impact was listed as high. There was another
entry under the two Desktop Agent Tray titles There was an icon then Dw20 with a high start up impact. No where was there a place to uncheck or delete. So far the box which lists the error disappears and there seems to be no problem. I just wonder why
it is there,



Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

Desktop Tray Agent is a program used by Qwest to update their installer when setting up DSL (Digital Subscribers Line) based connections to computers. I suggest you to follow the steps below and check for the status:

• Press Windows key + R, type msconfig.
• Go to Startup tab.
• Click on Open Task Manager.
• Uncheck Desktop Agent Tray from the list.
• Click on Apply and OK.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to
write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Disable Virtual Agent

Do what Westie70 said...

Steps (after you install AD BLOCKER (in chrome):

How to open MSConfig in Windows 10

• From the taskbar, search System Configuration.
• Select the top result, System Configuration desktop app.

For more info, see MSConfig the System Configuration tool.

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Westie70 replied on

If you're using Chrome you can install something like

AdBlock and disable it using that...

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Just select the AGENT BOX using ADBLOCK to choose

'X' BLOCK ELEMENT. select USE ON ALL TABS

Cheers!

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