Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
Additional versions
(Note, Hewlett-Packard Company publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
 
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        HPWMISVC.exe
HP System Event Utility by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version:    | 1.0.2.0 | 
| MD5:    | ffe8cb95e972deb7a4582488dd9e0cda | 
| SHA1:    | e8ae8dbaafa9745b9c976d512fadd49af51ae3c4 | 
Overview
hpwmisvc.exe runs as a service under the name HPWMISVC within the local user context. The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hpwmisvc.exe | 
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 
| Product name: | HP System Event Utility | 
| Description: | HP WMI Service | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp system event\hpwmisvc.exe | 
| File version: | 1.0.2.0 | 
| Size: | 1014.8 KB (1,039,160 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 12/25/2013 1:20 AM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00001631% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001310% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000321% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 47,875 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 130,818/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.12 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 4.65 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 394 KB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.12 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 47.25 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 51.67 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 822 KB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 4.69 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 2,382/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 59.62 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 119/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 2 |  | 
| Handles: | 104 |  | 
 
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp system event\hpwmisvc.exe" | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | HPWMISVC | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess | 
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 8.1 | 
88.89% | 
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| Windows 8 | 
11.11% | 
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Distribution by country
Belgium installs about 22.22% of HP System Event Utility.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 
100.00% | 
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