What is HP Support Assistant?

HP Support Assistant is software application developed by Hewlett-Packard. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 91.17% of installations running this operating system. HP Support Assistant's installer is typically 14.00 MB in size and installs around 37 files. The most common release is 4.1.11.3 with 49.92% of all installations currently using this version.

HP Support Assistant is most popular in the United States with 64.96% of installations residing in this country.

HP Support Assistant adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:

HPSA_Service.exe runs as a service named 'HP Support Assistant Service' (HP Support Assistant Service) "HP Support Assistant Service".

Scheduled tasks:

HPSF.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{AEC773CB-6E1C-449E-9D6B-515D4ED6580F}' (runs on registration).
HPSF_Tasks.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Get HPU Packages'.
HPSF_Utils.exe is scheduled as a task named 'First Boot' (runs daily at 10:51 p.m.).
HPTuneUp.exe is scheduled as a task named 'HP Total Care Tune-Up'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

HPSF.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named HP Assistant Restart.
HPSF_Utils.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Opt-in For HP Support Assistant Quick Start.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.hp.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Support Framework\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{495A8A3C-8FD0-4C46-9979-95C26181A1AB}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly

Size:

14.00 MB

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