The file osdmanager.exe executes a process called On Screen Display Utility which is part of the software for HP My Display TouchSmart OSD. The file is verified and published by Portrait Displays, Inc. File version 1.0.0.1 installs on a 64-bit Windows platform and has a standard size of 430.61 KB. The file was found to slow down CPU speed because it was consuming resources up to 70% of total CPU resources. This was the most common file issue that users mentioned. Disabling the file, as they later found out, only works temporarily because it simply re-installs itself as a startup task when the system reboots. It was later recommended by the same users that complete removal of the file was the best option. In other words, completely uninstalling the file was the general solution undertaken to prevent the process from eating up too much of CPU resources. You can find the file in C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP My Display TouchSmart Edition\osdmanager.exe.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. osdmanager.exe. is used by On Screen Display Utility, If you shut down osdmanager.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop osdmanager.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is On Screen Display Utility, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed osdmanager.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as On Screen Display Utility, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if osdmanager.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that osdmanager.exe, belongs to, in this case On Screen Display Utility