The file dpwinsdr.exe, known as Data Protector Express Microsoft Windows Service Driver, belongs to software Data Protector Express by HP. Data Protector Express is software that provides protection solution across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It utilizes the advanced deduplication technology called HP StoreOnce to provide users with the flexibility of trilocation deduplication from the application source, backup server, and target device. Protector Express helps organizations to meet their most demanding SLAs while minimizing overall infrastructure cost. Users of this solution benefit from the maximized storage efficiency with HP StoreOnce Federated Deduplication. Other benefits include conceptual search to instantly recover backup data, automated protection for VMware based multi-tenant cloud environment, and reduction of cost and complexity with integrated cloud backup. Users also benefit from the simplified protection of application and data on servers and laptops through unified recovery and automation.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Data Protector Express, 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 dpwinsdr.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 dpwinsdr.exe, belongs to, in this case Data Protector Express