The file hpconfig.exe, known as HP Config Module, belongs to software HP Configuration Interface Service by Hewlett-Packard. The HP Configuration Interface Service is the command console configuration and service utility that can connect to the system through the RS232 interface, in-band over Fibre Channel, or over TCP/IP to a proxy agent, which can communicate with the system in-band over Fibre Channel. The RS232 specification allows for reliable data transmission from one transmitter to one receiver at data rates of up to 20K bits/second over relatively short distances of up to fifty feet. The most common applications are computers and peripherals, mobile phone data cables and diagnostic data ports. The Fibre Channel, which is the other option for interface service, is a technology for transmitting data between computer devices at rates up to 4Gbps that is especially suited for connecting computer servers to shared storage devices and for interconnecting storage controllers and drives.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as HP Configuration Interface Service, 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 hpconfig.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 hpconfig.exe, belongs to, in this case HP Configuration Interface Service