let's say I remove the whole node - do I expect any problems? as the hear say ... 'cut the evil from the roots' Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program]
So far ... Don't see any problem Fresh Install with updates ... I think this keys are safe to remove ..
You can also get rid of the actual task files in C:\WIndows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\ if they still exist.
Thanks, I think you mean these: Code: C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program To delete all files and folders themselves.
The Registry tree and this directory are essentially a mirror of each other. If you get rid of the Registry part, why not deleting the actual task files, too? They are essentially XML files with the extension removed.