hpwa.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00137566%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00131987%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00005580%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	6,864,044 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	21.11 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	13.55 MB
Private (minimum):	552 KB
Non-paged memory:	21.11 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	200.57 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	210.41 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1004 KB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	29.34 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	9	12
Handles:	1286	600
GUI GDI count:	96	103
GUI GDI peak:	104	142
GUI USER count:	71	49
GUI USER peak:	73	71