Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
accelerometerst.exe
HP 3D DriveGuard by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
| Version: | 4.2.9.1 |
| MD5: | 8a3f3f87aee88b29422b5541307b9009 |
| SHA1: | 39b63a3767ce1559e31f1d58a369aa7998a9d9c1 |
| SHA256: | bc582a0dfa5a2c8409f75b188b446e7e279f34687be8b271d24baee5067be585 |
Overview
accelerometerst.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP 3D DriveGuard published by Hewlett-Packard, HP 3D DriveGuard from Hewlett-Packard and HP 3D DriveGuard by Hewlett-Packard. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | accelerometerst.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Product name: | HP 3D DriveGuard |
| Description: | Hp Accelerometer System Tray |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp 3d driveguard\accelerometerst.exe |
| Original name: | SystemTrayApplet.exe |
| File version: | 4.2.9.1 |
| Size: | 72.41 KB (74,144 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
HP 3D DriveGuard receives notifications from the integrated accelerometer and protects the hard drive (HDD) by automatically "parking the heads" to reduce the risk of damage if the notebook is accidentally dropped or is abruptly impacted by another object.
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'AccelerometerSysTrayApplet' → "C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP 3D DriveGuard\AccelerometerSt.Exe"
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'AccelerometerSysTrayApplet' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP 3D DriveGuard\AccelerometerST.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000634% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000207% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000427% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156,001 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.25 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.63 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.1 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.25 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 84.34 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 88.34 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.49 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.53 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 1 | |
| Handles: | 73 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 22 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 23 | |
| GUI USER count: | 13 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 13 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
16.67% |
|
Distribution by country
Canada installs about 33.33% of HP 3D DriveGuard.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
