Razer game scanner service

[Qazza]

This morning when I turned on my computer and checked task manager I saw that razers Game Scanner service was running in the background. Normally I don't like unnecesary background processes running especially since I only use razer comms and the Game Scanner is normally used for their game optimizer. I tried to look everywhere I could but since I only have Comms installed I found no options for it. Razer Comms doesn't start up with my computer and there is no option for the Game scanner in the startup process list even though it starts on boot. There is also nothing to uninstall it. If I force close it it starts up again in about 5 min. It's been running now for over an hour. If it didn't consume so much resources (30-40% of my cpu) I'd let it run, but thats just unacceptable. Anybody have any ideas?

 

TL;DR I want Razers game scanner service to not run in ther background since I only use Razer Comms

[Toddwjp]

its part of comms i believe.

 

http://www.razersupport.com/software/comms/

[Qazza]

It is, but it's not vital to how it functions. Only if I want it to tell people what game I'm currently in.

 

Either way I was able to shut it off by using the directions to restart it in that FAQ. I stopped the process and then made it only be able to be manually started. Seemed to clear it all up.

[EmanuelNorberg]

It is, but it's not vital to how it functions. Only if I want it to tell people what game I'm currently in.

 

Either way I was able to shut it off by using the directions to restart it in that FAQ. I stopped the process and then made it only be able to be manually started. Seemed to clear it all up.

My friend has this problem also. Do you mind giving me more detailed instructions to turn it off like you did?

[Qazza]

My friend has this problem also. Do you mind giving me more detailed instructions to turn it off like you did?

Sorry about the late response

 

I'm using windows 8.1 but I doubt the process will differ

1) open run and type in "services.msc" and hit enter

2) in the window that opened search for "Razer Game Scanner"

3) Once found right click on it and select "properties"

4) From that menu you can stop the process and set it to only turn on manually

 

A side note though is that in Comms I have the feature that tells people when I'm in game disabled. I imagine this would affect it.

[EmanuelNorberg]

Sorry about the late response

 

I'm using windows 8.1 but I doubt the process will differ

1) open run and type in "services.msc" and hit enter

2) in the window that opened search for "Razer Game Scanner"

3) Once found right click on it and select "properties"

4) From that menu you can stop the process and set it to only turn on manually

 

A side note though is that in Comms I have the feature that tells people when I'm in game disabled. I imagine this would affect it.

Alright. Thanks for the answer, i'm sure my friend and i can solve this now, so we won't have to deal with skype

[I Am The JK Man]

Sorry about the late response

 

I'm using windows 8.1 but I doubt the process will differ

1) open run and type in "services.msc" and hit enter

2) in the window that opened search for "Razer Game Scanner"

3) Once found right click on it and select "properties"

4) From that menu you can stop the process and set it to only turn on manually

 

A side note though is that in Comms I have the feature that tells people when I'm in game disabled. I imagine this would affect it.

Thank you very helpful 

[Astrix_au]

This is tracking what games you are launching and playing, who knows what Razer is doing with this info. Just read the log files.

 

Synapse is now just bloatware crap that keeps having breaking bugs introduced that you can't fix by reverting to a previous version.

 

I just want a simple software to customize my mouse and keyboard. Now I have to wait for a fix for the Mamba sensitivity bug to be fixed as it randomly makes my sensitivity slow down to a crawl. It's already been over a month now.  

 

All they care about is releasing more products and don't support their most important driver based software and keep adding features that break the core functionality of Synapse.

 

EDIT: Synapse should be very simple and light as complexity it's ideal in drivers for gamer peripherals.

[Astrix_au]

 

A side note though is that in Comms I have the feature that tells people when I'm in game disabled. I imagine this would affect it.

I have never had Comms installed on my current PC it has nothing to do with Comms it was added into Synapse last year or so.

[Astrix_au]

GameScannerService.exe must scan for games to use Stats and Heatmaps that was added to Synapse for some dumb reason. Why over complicate software that needs to be 100% accurate, I don't know...