Yes, it can be a bad thing. In the case of the HP desktop manager, it is
benign. It will not be directed to "bad" websites or for nefarious
purposes. If you are concerned, by all means either disable it using
msconfig or uninstall the HP printer drivers and use the generic (and less
functional) windows drivers.
In this particular instance, your well-founded concern is misguided.
The only thing that it does is look for updates to any HP software that you
have installed, and will alert you when patches are available. It recently
alerted me that there was new firmware released for my printer.
Bobby
"Liz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:10ce001c44088$166d2c80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> But it can be a bad thing. Go here and read this page:
> http://www.liutilities.com/products/...pro/processlib
> rary/backweb/
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Do you have an HP Printer? Some of their software uses
> the BackWeb client
>>for updates.
>>
>>
>>Bobby
>>
>>"rita" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:10bb201c44082$3637a8c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I keep getting a box on my startup screen
>>> saying 'Outdated database version. Please exit and
>>> reinstall BackWeb'. I have no disc that came with the
> PC
>>> for this.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help please? I have a Windows XP Home PC.
>>
>>
>>.
>>
