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2009-07-01

apps set to start at boot time:


hpsysdrv Application
c:/hp/support/hpsysdrv.exe

HP Health Check Scheduler
c:/Program Files (x86)/Hewlett-Packard/HP Health Check/HPHC_Scheduler.exe

hpwuSchd Application
c:/Program Files (x86)/HP/HP Software Update/hpwuSchd2.exe
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apps in running process:

hpsysdriv.exe (this one seems a bit more rooty. According to web, when removed, your extra keys on hp keyboard may not work.)

hpwuSchd2.exe (seems hp app to check if your hp soft is up to date. Send info over internet few times a day. Pretty safe to not have it running.)

Here's one of the best description about hpsysdriv.exe. (from “http://searchtasks.answersthatwork.com/tasklist.php?File=Hpsysdrv”):

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HP background task which keeps track of system recovery
information. This information can be used by HP Support to help
troubleshoot system recovery issues. This task is purely for
troubleshooting problems experienced when doing a complete system
recovery from the HP recovery CD that came with your PC, and only HP
engineers have the means to interpret the information it generates.

Since a complete system recovery effectively wipes your entire hard
disk and restores your PC to the state it was in when you first bought
it, this task is effectively useful only in the few hours following a
System Recovery and only if you have experienced problems with the
System Recovery, and also only if your PC is still under warranty with
HP so you can have access to an engineer. At all other times this task
has effectively no purpose and so you can disable it on the Startups
tab. The reason most HP PCs have this task running in the background
from day 1 is that when you buy an HP PC and turn it on for the first
time, you go through a 30-minute process which installs and configures
Windows - that process is in fact a "System Recovery" but on a brand
new PC out of the box ! (Note: only initially disable HPSYSDRV, do not
delete it¥ then check that your PC is behaving properly for a week or
two - the reason for this is that although we ourselves have never had
a problem after disabling this task, we have had unverified reports
from one or two users claiming that the HP function keys did not work
after disabling HPSYSDRV. Again, we have not been able to reproduce
this ourselves.).