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Should I remove HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #3,218
United States Rank #2,382
Reach 0.1779%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 32.88 days
969.99 days >
Average installed length: 509.66 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
28.0.1315.0 85.49%
28.0.1313.0 0.14%
27.0.847.0 14.37%

Typically installed together

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HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software

What is HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software?

HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software is the driver for the HP printer which is a piece of software that converts the data to be printed to the form specific to a printer. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer model. HP Universal Print Driver is an intelligent print driver that supports a broad range of HP printers and Multi function devices.

Overview

The most used version is 28.0.1315.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The main program executable is hpscanui.dll. The software installer includes 1 files and is usually about 2.78 MB (2,911,232 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.hp.com/support
Installation folder: C:\windows\twain_32\hp photosmart 5520 series
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{53469789-996F-4193-9FBD-A053EE298C6F}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 2.78 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software

Program module:hpscanui.dll
Name:HP Digital Imaging
HPScanUI
Path:C:\windows\twain_32\hp photosmart 5520 series\hpscanui.dll
MD5:d34ae07584e98c3320eea9cfc44f6792

How do I remove HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software?

You can uninstall HP Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software 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 Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software, 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 Photosmart 5520 series Basic Device Software.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 8.1 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#3,218

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 51.58%
Windows 10 38.79%
Windows Vista 6.58%
Windows XP 3.05%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 39.59%
Windows 10 Home 14.90%
Windows 8.1 13.95%
Windows 7 Professional 6.59%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.41%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.04%

Distribution by countryGeography

65.53% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 65.53%
  United Kingdom 17.71%
  Australia 6.72%
  Canada 2.60%
  New Zealand 0.84%
  Ireland 0.82%
  Netherlands 0.75%
  Germany 0.60%
  Singapore 0.49%
  Belgium 0.47%
  France 0.43%
  Spain 0.34%
  Italy 0.26%
  Norway 0.21%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 37.24%
Dell 22.90%
Toshiba 11.63%
Acer 10.77%
ASUS 6.96%
Samsung 3.73%
Lenovo 3.44%
GIGABYTE 2.58%
Intel 0.74%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.94%
Dell Inspiron 660 6.56%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 6.47%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.56%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.28%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 3.00%

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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