hpwuschd2.exe
hpwuSchd Application by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 80, 1, 0, 0 |
| MD5: | 21293443961a4e2597453ee7a9347f22 |
| SHA1: | 9c0908063aab59067800b156783e83a1d0410e6c |
| SHA256: | fda88181c975c251e56d5a38e5473f45b9cb4e1258a6e93320d34d656ab1e6ed |
What is hpwuschd2.exe?
hpwuSchd Application Updater (hpwuschd2.exe) is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
Overview
hpwuschd2.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP Update published by Hewlett-Packard, HP Driver Diagnostics from Hewlett-Packard and HP Driver Diagnostics by Hewlett-Packard. The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hpwuschd2.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard |
| Product name: | hpwuSchd Application |
| Description: | hpwuSchd Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hp\hp software update\hpwuschd2.exe |
| Original name: | hpwuSchd.exe |
| File version: | 80, 1, 0, 0 |
| Size: | 53.55 KB (54,840 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'HP Software Update' → C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'HP-Online-Aktualisierungsprogramm' runs weekly in the path '\HP-Online-Aktualisierungsprogramm'
- The job 'Programme de mise à jour en ligne de HP.' runs weekly in the path '\Programme de mise à jour en ligne de HP.'
- The task 'Программа обновления НР-онлайн.' runs weekly in the path '\Программа обновления НР-онлайн.'
- The job 'HP online update program' runs weekly in the path '\HP online update program'
- Entry path '\Programa de atualização online da HP'
- Entry path '\Программа обновления НР-онлайн.'
- Entry path '\HP-Online-Aktualisierungsprogramm'
- Entry path '\Programme de mise à jour en ligne de HP.'
- Entry path '\HP online update program'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003828% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001618% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002210% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 234,002 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.43 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.97 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.89 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 55.67 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 62.28 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.15 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.21 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 70 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 | |
| GUI USER count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 6 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
47.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
7.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.50% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
1.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 54.12% of hpwuSchd Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
36.36% |
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| Dell |
17.22% |
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| Toshiba |
12.44% |
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| Sony |
8.61% |
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| ASUS |
6.70% |
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| Acer |
6.22% |
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| Intel |
4.78% |
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| Lenovo |
3.83% |
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| Samsung |
1.91% |
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| GIGABYTE |
0.96% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.96% |
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