The hplamp.exe file belongs to the HP PrecisionScan software as an executable process that is bundled with the other program files and modules of this application. Specifically, the hplamp.exe process is packaged with the driver software components and firmware resources of certain HP PrecisionScan models. The hplamp.exe process works together with the driver software components and firmware resources of these HP PrecisionScan devices in order to implement the functionalities embedded into these HP scanners upon user request. The hplamp.exe process is normally found in either the "drivers" folder under the System32 sub directory of the Windows directory, which is stored in the system partition, or the same application folder where the utility applications that are packaged with the HP PreciscionScan device were installed, which is commonly a sub directory under the Program Files directory of the system partition.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as HP PreciscionScan, 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 hplamp.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 hplamp.exe, belongs to, in this case HP PreciscionScan