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Comp running updates from HP agent
Name: evilklown Date: May 25, 2007 at 13:52:22 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1 gig Product: HP
Comment:
I noticed in the Task Manager that "updates from HP agent " is always running.Whats that?
Name: Sabertooth Date: May 25, 2007 at 15:01:16 Pacific
Reply:
It is one of the perks of owning a propietary system - the program is there to update some of the propietary bloatware that came pre-loaded with your machine - if you do not like it, go into your startup programs menu & nuke it or uninstall it if it is listed in your add/remove programs console.
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: May 25, 2007 at 18:14:27 Pacific
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