Background tasks
Hi,
How do I stop all Acronis background tasks from running?
I have used Windows application utility (forget exact name) to stop all tasks; but reactivates the background tasks when I start Acronis again. I want to stop all Acronis background tasks from running when I close the application. The backgroung tasks take up far too much time, applications run very slow, the fan is constantly on, it drives me crazy!
I have found four background tasks:
1. Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini
2. Acronis Nonstop Backup Service
3. Acronis Scheduler2 Service
4. Acronis Sync Agent Service
Not sure if other background tasks are hiding elsewhere.
As a workaround, I can uninstall Acronis when I am not using it; however there must be a better way!
Running Windows 10, Dell Inspirion 13 7000 series 5th generation Intel i7 CPU, 12gb ram memory, Samsung SSD, Acronis True Image 2016.
Help is greatly appreciated.

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If you want to automate the process you can do it in a .bat script as well . Make one for stopping the services, and another for starting them...
https://forum.acronis.com/forum/111301#comment-336321
:: Starts the services listed below
:: mmsminisrv = Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini
:: afcdpsrv = Acronis Nonstop Backup Service
:: ArcSch2Svc = Acronis Scheduler 2 Service
:: syncagentsrv = Acronis Sync Agent Service
:: The following commands start the services
sc start "mmsminisrv"
sc start "afcdpsrv"
sc start "AcrSch2Svc"
sc start "syncagentsrv"
:: The following commands stop the services
sc stop "mmsminisrv"
sc stop "afcdpsrv"
sc stop "AcrSch2Svc"
sc stop "syncagentsrv"
:: The following commands change the startup Type to Disabled
sc config "mmsminisrv" Start= disabled
sc config "afcdpsrv" Start= disabled
sc config "AcrSch2Svc" Start= disabled
sc config "syncagentsrv" Start= disabled
:: The following commands change the startup type to Automatic
sc config "mmsminisrv" Start= auto
sc config "afcdpsrv" Start= auto
sc config "AcrSch2Svc" Start= auto
sc config "syncagentsrv" Start= auto
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FtrPilot wrote:Rob,
In Win 10, go to Settings and do a search on Services.
Click on View Local Services. The 4 Acronis services will be at the top of the list. You can stop and/or disable the services you don't need. If you "Stop" them, they will start back up next time ATI is run or next boot up. If you don't want them to run, you will need to disable them.
The Scheduler 2 Service needs to run all the time if you have any scheduled tasks.
Regards,
FtrPilot
FtrPilot wrote:Rob,
In Win 10, go to Settings and do a search on Services.
Click on View Local Services. The 4 Acronis services will be at the top of the list. You can stop and/or disable the services you don't need. If you "Stop" them, they will start back up next time ATI is run or next boot up. If you don't want them to run, you will need to disable them.
The Scheduler 2 Service needs to run all the time if you have any scheduled tasks.
Regards,
FtrPilot
Thank you for your reply.
As I first posted, the four services are:
1. Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini
2. Acronis Nonstop Backup Service
3. Acronis Scheduler2 Service
4. Acronis Sync Agent Service
I do not want nonstop backup, scheduler, mobile control or Sync. Although I have no clue what Sync is for. However, it looks like all services can be disabled except for # 1 and set 'start up type' to manual ?
PS.
I think the Task manager will permit editing the services.
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Rob,
Out of the four services listed you should only think about stopping the Nonstop Backup Service and the Sync service.
The other two are required if you wish to see the GUI (Managed Machine service) and have it updated, Scheduler2 service enables you to run a task, note, this does not apply just to a scheduled task, but to actually persuade TI to run any task even a manual one.
I'm not sure if TIH services can be set to 'manual'. I seem to recall in previous versions TIH would not work correctly if you did.
If True Image is taking up a too many resources or slowing your system down, check -
Is your video driver upto date?
Do you have any other disk uitlities running in the background - such as Nero InCD
If you have external USB drives have they installed their own disk software, which can cause problems when trying to co-exist with other utilities such as TIH.
Make sure your firewall software is trying to filter TIH actions.
Check that your system has the correct SNAPAPI/Snapman.sys if an earlier build hasn't been updated to the latest one (sometimes it doesn't get overwritten) run a repair install.
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