Hpwuschd application should i remove it4/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Ah-ha! There are two programs doing the same thing! It continued with, " This program is a non-essential process but should not be terminated unless suspected of causing problems." Reading further, the program also checks for Printer-driver updates. " hpcmpmgr.exe is the main process belonging to the HP Component Manager, and is important for their multimedia products." This sounds important. The first fetched updates (schd = scheduled) but what about the second? Google to the rescue.Īfter searching "hpcmpmgr", I found what the program does. Often, just by the file-path, you can tell what the program is.įor instance, my computer had two programs running in an HP directory: "HPWuschd." and "HPcmpmgr". MSConfig does not offer help on what is safe to disable but you can get a better idea by widening the Command column (drag the column-width header). Most of the computers I've met have 20 to 30 items in the list with most enabled. Unchecked items are disabled (but remain installed). Items marked with a 'check' run when the computer boots and generally stay running even though you may not see them. (Click image for larger view click right-x to return) Uncheck items that you think are safe to disable, after reading the comments below. Select the "Startup" tab at the top of the screen.ģ. ![]() (See also the recent article on another Microsoft utility: AutoRuns)Ģ. If the RUN command is not visible, see this article. To clean up the startup programs, do the following. Although some should not or cannot be disabled, most are expendable. Sadly, the System Tray represents a fraction of the startup programs a computer must endure. Does the icon help in your day-to-day work?.Here are all the icons on my desktop computer. * Does your System Tray have 8, 10 or more icons? * Does your PC take more than 70 seconds to boot? * Are you being bugged about an auto update? Every icon in the system tray represents a program that takes CPU-time and for every one exposed in the tray, there are probably a half-dozen hidden ones. ![]() If you have more than a half-dozen icons, I'd bet most are pointless and seldom, if ever, used. In the lower-right corner, look at the System Tray (you may need to click the arrow to expand it). Programs like this hog bandwidth and kill boot times. During this past two years I have never once wished for a printer update - how did it know? There is only one explanation: For the past two years, a program that does nothing but look for updates has been running. The other day my laptop booted and bugged me about a printer update. Windows 7 Streamline Start Menus (Organizing the Start Menu) This article was written for Windows 7, Vista and XP and was updated on 2011.07. Howto: This article discusses how to use MSConfig to cleanup a computer's startup programs, providing faster boot times, less memory, faster computers, with less junk. ![]()
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