Kbd.exe
Hewlett-Packard Company KBD EXE by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of kbd.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.0.9.1.071509. kbd.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 67.51 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Hewlett-Packard Company by VeriSign. The programs Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard Solution, Soluzione tastiera multimediale avanzata and Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard Solution(USB) have been observed as installing specific variations of kbd.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 10.99 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 13.16 KB per minute for reads and 1.38 KB per minute for writes.
What is kbd.exe?
KBD EXE is part of HP's Keyboard Handler (HP Multimedia Keyboard) and its main function is to watch multimedia keys on HP keyboards which allows you to configure the additional keys on their multimedia keyboard products.
About kbd.exe (from Hewlett-Packard Company)
“Access frequently used media and documents via customizable hot keys.”
 Details
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| File name: | kbd.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Product name: | Hewlett-Packard Company KBD EXE |
| Description: | KBD EXE |
| Typical file path: | C:\hp\kbd\kbd.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, February 4, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, February 9, 2008 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Hewlett-Packard Company KBD EXE.)
“Microsoft Windows driver for the HP Enhanced Multimedia PS/2 and USB Keyboard solutions. Drivers are required for most models to display the soft keys and to support your OS. Using Your HP Enhanced Mu...”
“Microsoft Windows driver for the HP Enhanced Multimedia PS/2 and USB Keyboard solutions. Drivers are required for most models to display the soft keys and to support your OS. Using Your HP Enhanced Mu...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of kbd.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'KBD' → C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE
All file variations of kbd.exe
