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ScanToPCActivationApp.exe

HP Digital Imaging by Hewlett Packard (Signed)

Remove ScanToPCActivationApp.exe
Version:   28.0.1315.0
MD5:   395bcc9122e705f6586217e32cd01cc9
SHA1:   71cf7e4f5a196fe2794efa05813c6d2142518356
SHA256:   0a2e3bf0e626a65b9ff1befb35ffbc9ccaa3c75db395d175aae2dd014a8e8a34

What is ScanToPCActivationApp.exe?

Scan To PC Activation App part of HP’s Digital Imaging utilities are bundled with many HP printer drivers as well as various HP printers, scanners and digital cameras. The utility adds functionality to HP devices from managing settings to instantly activating the device from Windows.

Overview

scantopcactivationapp.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). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett Packard which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:scantopcactivationapp.exe
Publisher:Hewlett-Packard Co.
Product name:HP Digital Imaging
Description:ScanToPCActivationApp
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\hp\hp envy 110 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe
File version:28.0.1315.0
Product version:028.000.1315.000
Size:1.75 MB (1,837,672 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Hewlett Packard
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Monday, September 3, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'HP ENVY 4500 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP ENVY 4500 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN39A2R5D705X4:NW" -scfn "HP ENVY 4500 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Photosmart 6520 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 6520 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN29Q152CG05TC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 6520 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN09PAK3K4:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet 7500 E910 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 7500 E910\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "MY2583104505JC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 7500 E910 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet 4620 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 4620 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN22F120C805S1:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 4620 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet 6700 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 6700\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2813QKHJ05RC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 6700 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Photosmart 7520 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 7520 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2C33B0DB05VC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 7520 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Deskjet 3510 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Deskjet 3510 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2951844C05R7:NW" -scfn "HP Deskjet 3510 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\hp\HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN15E3B63805HC:NW" -scfn "HP Deskjet 3050 J610 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Photosmart 7510 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 7510 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN24A351JW05PC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 7510 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN19H4450J05PC:NW" -scfn "HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet Pro 8600 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8600\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN1C61Q24J05KC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet Pro 8600 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet 6600 (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\hp\HP Officejet 6600\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2231917405RC:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 6600 (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Photosmart 5510 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Photosmart 5510 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN1AJ0867405NC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 5510 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN11Q112RH05JW:NW" -scfn "HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP Photosmart 5520 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\hp\HP Photosmart 5520 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN2621C1GN05SC:NW" -scfn "HP Photosmart 5520 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
  • 'HP ENVY 110 series (NET)' → "C:\Program Files\HP\HP ENVY 110 series\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID "CN24HC204G05RC:NW" -scfn "HP ENVY 110 series (NET)" -AutoStart 1
Scheduled tasks
  • The job 'ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5B7220BC-4C2A-495A-9074-1C1BAE87A78C}' runs in the path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5B7220BC-4C2A-495A-9074-1C1BAE87A78C}'
  • The task 'ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5531346D-42EC-430E-B467-002DDBBA40BC}' runs in the path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{5531346D-42EC-430E-B467-002DDBBA40BC}'
  • The job 'ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{0437D8CC-BFCE-4040-9728-7D86DDE8C5B6}' runs in the path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{0437D8CC-BFCE-4040-9728-7D86DDE8C5B6}'
  • Entry path '\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe_{403E8B4F-3A73-4561-BFCD-182360105593}'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00569277%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00420563%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00148714%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:28,409,658 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:418,698/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:1/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.75 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):7.87 MB
Private (minimum):5.4 MB
Non-paged memory:3.75 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:81.5 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):84.56 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:6.33 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):9.46 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:8,733/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:6.64 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:5/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:2.12 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:4/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:114 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:9/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:1028
600
GUI GDI count:51
103
GUI GDI peak:62
142
GUI USER count:26
49
GUI USER peak:28
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp deskjet 3050a j611 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn1cp582jd05pC:nw" -scfn "hp deskjet 3050a j611 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp officejet 6500 e710n-z\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn19t3418y05jw:nw" -scfn "hp officejet 6500 e710n-z (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp photosmart 5520 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn38o1637p0602:nw" -scfn "hp photosmart 5520 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp officejet 4620 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn2ca232wx05rC:nw" -scfn "hp officejet 4620 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp deskjet 3050a j611 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn22a588yq05pC:nw" -scfn "hp deskjet 3050a j611 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp deskjet 3050a j611 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn29e6chqw05pC:nw" -scfn "hp deskjet 3050a j611 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp deskjet 3050a j611 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn28l1fm4y05wC:nw" -scfn "hp deskjet 3050a j611 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • (9 more)
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ScanToPCActivationApp.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00612642%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00476344%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00136298%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:105,386/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.79 MB
1.16 MB
scantopcactivationui.dll (TODO: <Product name> by TODO: <Company name>)
Total CPU:0.00086123%
Kernel CPU:0.00000183%
User CPU:0.00085941%
CPU cycles:2,995/sec
Memory:2.21 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.25%
Windows Vista Home Premium 13.73%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.76%
Windows 7 Starter 5.88%
Windows 8 4.90%
Microsoft Windows XP 4.90%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 4.90%
Windows 8 Pro 4.90%
Windows 8 Single Language 3.92%
Windows Vista Business 2.94%
Windows 8.1 1.96%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.96%
Windows 8.1 Pro 0.98%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 66.34% of HP Digital Imaging.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Sony 23.16%
Toshiba 16.84%
Hewlett-Packard 16.84%
Dell 10.53%
Acer 8.42%
Intel 8.42%
Lenovo 4.21%
ASUS 4.21%
Samsung 3.16%
GIGABYTE 2.11%
Packard Bell 2.11%
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