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Should I remove HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
27% remove it73% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #1,504
United States Rank #647
Reach 0.4532%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 25.10 days
740.55 days >
Average installed length: 389.10 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
28.0.1315.0 68.38%
28.0.1313.0 0.01%
25.0.619.0 29.33%
24.0.342.0 2.27%

Typically installed together

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HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study

What is HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study?

HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study is the voluntary study to help improve the quality, reliability, and performance of HP printers. This software is automatically installed with the HP printer but can be removed without affecting the printer performance. It is an optional program. After installation it will popup a message up to 3 times a day asking the user to participate "join our HP Product Improvement Study to help improve the quality, reliability, and performance of HP printers". If the user declines, the software will not uninstall, it will just turn off the popup reminder.

Overview

The most common release is 28.0.1315.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.hp.com/support
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{F792E5B0-11C4-4C68-8A63-FB5F52749180}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Language: English (United States)

How do I remove HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study?

You can uninstall HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove HP Officejet Pro 8600 Product Improvement Study.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 27%
Keep it 73%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#1,504

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.52%
Windows 10 33.07%
Windows Vista 6.34%
Windows XP 3.05%
Windows Server 2003 0.01%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.80%
Windows 7 Professional 13.03%
Windows 8.1 11.09%
Windows 10 Home 10.90%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.39%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.74%

Distribution by countryGeography

90.55% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 90.55%
  Canada 2.31%
  United Kingdom 1.80%
  Australia 1.42%
  South Africa 0.47%
  Israel 0.36%
  United Arab Emirates 0.19%
  Saudi Arabia 0.17%
  France 0.13%
  India 0.13%
  New Zealand 0.13%
  PR 0.13%
  Belgium 0.12%
  Brazil 0.11%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 42.57%
Dell 30.50%
Toshiba 7.61%
Acer 6.30%
ASUS 5.19%
Lenovo 2.55%
GIGABYTE 2.09%
Samsung 1.87%
Intel 1.33%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 8.70%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 8.32%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 4.78%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.01%
Dell XPS 8300 2.56%
HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook ... 1.92%

About Hewlett-Packard

HP provides products, software solutions and services to consumers, from enterprises to consumers including customers in the government, health and education sectors.
Publisher URL: www.hp.com

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