Hewlett-Packard made the ps2.exe file which is a multimedia keyboard function for Hewlett-Packard Personal Computers. The file can be located in the C:\Windows\System32 and has the known file size of 81,920 bytes in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD). The size of the file may vary depending on the Operating System used. Example of Operating system are Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The file is signed by Microsoft which is a trusted company. A trusted file is not recommended to be removed from the Personal Computer. The registry key of the file is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program is started when the Operating System is started. But, the user may remove the file in case there are errors regarding it. The user may remove it by removing the entire program in which the file is associated with. The user may use the Add/Remove Program Utility located in the Control Panel.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ps2.exe. is used by Hewlett-Packard, If you shut down ps2.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ps2.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Hewlett-Packard, 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 ps2.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Hewlett-Packard, 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 ps2.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 ps2.exe, belongs to, in this case Hewlett-Packard