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ScanToPCActivationApp.exe

HP Digital Imaging by Hewlett Packard (Signed)

Remove ScanToPCActivationApp.exe
Version:   27.0.847.0
MD5:   8a1f202d6c49a42956b3cc2afe94925a
SHA1:   fd2cd9b5d5093b1031cf09ed62e5127c37acad8b
SHA256:   72007d39e32276b27c1aa16e3c299316bec976158b13e7ebbf9e9b9dfcfee39c

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:27.0.847.0
Product version:027.000.847.000
Size:2.43 MB (2,551,656 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:0.00078245%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00052383%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00025862%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:67,419,147 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,361,323/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:16.33 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):13.09 MB
Private (minimum):6.23 MB
Non-paged memory:16.33 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:125.11 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):126.68 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:13.12 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):13.12 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:90,482/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:9.88 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:24/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:2.67 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:5/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:436 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:127/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:16014
600
GUI GDI count:54
103
GUI GDI peak:63
142
GUI USER count:27
49
GUI USER peak:31
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp photosmart 5520 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn28p191c005sC:nw" -scfn "hp photosmart 5520 series (net)" -autostart 1
  • "C:\Program Files\hp\hp photosmart 5520 series\bin\scantopcactivationapp.exe" -deviceid "cn2621c1gn05sC:nw" -scfn "hp photosmart 5520 series (net)" -autostart 1
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

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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