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In Windows 98 there was a way to stop a process from running in the
background by unchecking it.

For some reason HPScanjetSetup is running even though I have deleted the
files and given away my scanner.

I receive a dialog box on startup asking me to setup HPScanner which I
cannot do because I have no scanner.

I just want to disable the process permanently from Windows xp.

Thank you.

I discovered this tonight that it is a process running in the background and
not necessarily a missing file as I had originally thought.
When I used Task Manager to end the process the dialog box disappeared.
I also ran Belarc Advisor that lead me to more HP files to delete but it did
no good. It seems to be a process not a file.

"Lorenzo 1950" <lhale1950@............> wrote in message
news:. ..
> In Windows 98 there was a way to stop a process from running in the
> background by unchecking it.
>
> For some reason HPScanjetSetup is running even though I have deleted the
> files and given away my scanner.
>
> I receive a dialog box on startup asking me to setup HPScanner which I
> cannot do because I have no scanner.
>
> I just want to disable the process permanently from Windows xp.
>
> Thank you.
>


Lorenzo

Uninstall all HP printer and scanner software from Add/Remove programs.
Download 'Autoruns' from Microsoft and using this untick/delelte all
references to HP.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx
Reinstall any HP printer/Scanner you are continuing to use.

Best
Paul.

"Lorenzo 1950" <lhale1950@............> wrote:

>I discovered this tonight that it is a process running in the background and
>not necessarily a missing file as I had originally thought.
>When I used Task Manager to end the process the dialog box disappeared.
>I also ran Belarc Advisor that lead me to more HP files to delete but it did
>no good. It seems to be a process not a file.

Use Process Explorer instead of Belarc Advisor
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx

You would want to edit your system.ini and/or win.ini to stop HP from
loading it should be an entry like Load=<your file>
--

Get The Whole Thing
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/45773/...e_whole_thing/

Lorenzo 1950 wrote:

> I discovered this tonight that it is a process running in the background
> and not necessarily a missing file as I had originally thought.
> When I used Task Manager to end the process the dialog box disappeared.
> I also ran Belarc Advisor that lead me to more HP files to delete but it
> did no good. It seems to be a process not a file.

msconfig is your friend.
Make sure you tick the checkbox to hide microsoft services before disabling
others, or you may seriously f*ck up your system.

Thank you all. I used msconfig disabling only the processes I did not need.
I want to try some of the other suggestions to make sure I have deleted
everything relating to HP Scanner.
The next time I will not buy a HP scanner if it leaves behind soi many
unnecessary files.


"PeeCee" <> wrote in message
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> "Lorenzo 1950" <lhale1950@............> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> In Windows 98 there was a way to stop a process from running in the
>> background by unchecking it.
>>
>> For some reason HPScanjetSetup is running even though I have deleted the
>> files and given away my scanner.
>>
>> I receive a dialog box on startup asking me to setup HPScanner which I
>> cannot do because I have no scanner.
>>
>> I just want to disable the process permanently from Windows xp.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>
> Lorenzo
>
> Uninstall all HP printer and scanner software from Add/Remove programs.
> Download 'Autoruns' from Microsoft and using this untick/delelte all
> references to HP.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx
> Reinstall any HP printer/Scanner you are continuing to use.
>
> Best
> Paul.

"Lorenzo 1950" <lhale1950@............> wrote in message
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> The next time I will not buy a HP scanner if it leaves behind soi many
> unnecessary files.

snip

Yes HP are particularly bad at that, but they don't have that fault on their
own.
Best story is to do a restore point before installing anything.

Paul.

PeeCee wrote:

....
> Yes HP are particularly bad at that, but they don't have that fault on
> their own.
> Best story is to do a restore point before installing anything.
>
Unfortunately, restore points rarely ever stick for a year or longer (with
the hope, the devices in question last at least that long)