dpupdchk.exe

[Herbert Eppel]

I am tired of XP hanging on shutdown, waiting (in vain) for dpupdchk.exe
to finish, and I'm minded to prevent this task from running based on the
instructions I found at
<http://searchtasks.answersthatwork.com/tasklist.php?File=Dpupdchk>.

Any comments before I go ahead?

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[Peter Foldes]

Use this instead of the one you posted

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-dpupdchkexe-and-why-is-it-running/

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Thanks for the link to the entertaining disabling instructions, which I
duly followed.

Quotes:

"Keep in mind that removing pieces of Microsoft software without fully
understanding what they are is probably a bad idea and shouldn’t be
attempted by anybody under any circumstances ever, even slightly, probably.
Now that the disclaimer is out of the way… here’s where we stand:"

"Once you’ve renamed that file, replace it with this fake dpupdchk.exe
file created by the fine folks here at How-To Geek. It’s a blank
executable that does nothing, but feel free to scan it with at least 74
anti-virus engines if you’d like to make sure."

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk