Random dialog box pops up

[SphincterBoy]

I've noticed that periodically/randomly a small dialog box or DOS window pops up and disappears in a quick flash. Not really a problem except I believe it may be what causes problems when playing Overwatch. Periodically/randomly during play the screen flashes back to an image of a previous screen, usually the one from before the round started or just an image of an earlier map, no characters. This lasts about a second before returning to the game, but in the meantime my character has stopped all movement while I've "been away" so to speak. I suspect this pop-up is the cause of the in-game problem largely because they began occurring about the same time.

I'm on Windows 10. Any ideas?

 

[BulletDust]

It's got to do with Office, there is a thread outlining the issue somewhere here...

[EDIT]: See here:

https://hardforum.com/threads/latest-win10-update-and-command-prompt-box.1935570/

 

[B00nie]

Pucker up Sphincterboy, it's Microsoft knocking on the door!

 

[SphincterBoy]

That link appears to have resolved the problem, though I don't know if it's going to lead to other problems by disabling it...

Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Office and found and disabled "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration"

 

[BulletDust]

That link appears to have resolved the problem, though I don't know if it's going to lead to other problems by disabling it...

Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Office and found and disabled "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration"

As far as I'm aware it's just the MS Office registration process hanging, shouldn't affect anything.