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mscoree.dll
DllMain
HPWA_Main.exe
HP Wireless Assistant by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
Version: | 4.0.10.0 |
MD5: | cb443c9d1485a3f7b21d15be2d3cf168 |
SHA1: | 59bf42517bb168c6544cdf77d3c046f87ccfeddc |
SHA256: | 75d2370d7bcc1b55cb9cfc461b21cd30edfa3621032d562220e398ecea3a3f4e |
What is HPWA_Main.exe?
he HP Wireless Assistant reports the power state and Microsoft Windows Device Manager status of integrated wireless devices, alerts the user when the status of a device changes, and enables the user to turn integrated wireless devices on and off.
Overview
hpwa_main.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
hpwa_service.exe (HPPA_Service by Hewlett-Packard Company). It is installed with a couple of know programs including HP Wireless Assistant published by Hewlett-Packard and HP Wireless Assistant published 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: | hpwa_main.exe |
Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
Product name: | HP Wireless Assistant |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp wireless assistant\hpwa_main.exe |
File version: | 4.0.10.0 |
Size: | 354.55 KB (363,064 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
Expiration date: | Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
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Programs
The following programs will install this file
This program contains the HP Wireless Assistant for the supported notebook models and operating systems. The HP Wireless Assistant reports the power state and Microsoft Windows Device Manager status of integrated wireless devices, alerts the user when the status of a device changes, and enables the user to turn integrated wireless devices on and off.
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00327936% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00231574% | |
User CPU: | 0.00096362% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 479,804 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 231,134/sec | |
Context switches: | 3/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 51.5 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 41.62 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 24.13 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 51.5 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 553.73 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 558.83 MB | |
Working set: | 27.85 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 49.52 MB | |
Page faults: | 34,690/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 5.63 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 3/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 13 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 21 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 3/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 17 | |
Handles: | 410 | |
GUI GDI count: | 33 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 61 | |
GUI USER count: | 22 | |
GUI USER peak: | 32 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
ntdll.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.05057288% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.05057288% | |
CPU cycles: | 18,966/sec | |
Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
mscorwks.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.01624728% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00039647% | |
User CPU: | 0.01585081% | |
CPU cycles: | 370,398/sec | |
Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
HPWA_Main.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.01405584% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00295518% | |
User CPU: | 0.01110066% | |
CPU cycles: | 298,124/sec | |
Memory: | 376 KB | |
wpfgfx_v0300.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00060441% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00047034% | |
User CPU: | 0.00013407% | |
CPU cycles: | 13,257/sec | |
Memory: | 2.22 MB | |
gdiplus.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00009993% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00007217% | |
User CPU: | 0.00002776% | |
CPU cycles: | 2,147/sec | |
Memory: | 2.09 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
80.00% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.00% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
6.67% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
3.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.67% of HP Wireless Assistant.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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