recguard.exe

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Windows Process Description:

The executable process recguard.exe is a process that is found on Hewlett Packard and Compaq computers. The main responsibility of the recguard.exe application is to safeguard the hidden Windows XP Recovery Partition of Compaq and Hewlett Packard computers. The recovery partition is found to be utilized in the event that users have to re-install their system from scratch. The process file recguard.exe is a process that must be run every time Windows starts.

Disabling and termination of the recguard.exe file is highly unadvised since it will surely affect the computer system unfavorably. If users delete or terminate the executable recguard.exe, they might unintentionally clear the hidden Windows XP Recovery Partition which would result in having to re-install it again. The problem is, re-installing of the hidden Recovery Partition cannot be done by just anybody and users will have to send the computer back to the vendor for the partition to be re-installed.

The recguard.exe process file is classified as a system process and an application. It displays an evident window when it is running so it is not categorized as a background process. The process recguard.exe is found to be located in the folder: C:/Windows/sminst/recguard.exe. The recguard.exe application has various file sizes as observed on Windows XP operating systems: 212992 bytes in 55% of all instances, 24588 bytes, 25600 bytes, 16897 bytes, 37230 bytes, 390624 bytes, 390614 bytes, 215520 bytes, 23564 bytes, 37388 bytes, 262144 bytes, 217088 bytes, 31650 bytes, 390616 bytes, 21504 bytes, 1138688 bytes, 221184 bytes, 237568 bytes, 1187840 bytes and 233472 bytes.

The process recguard.exe is automatically loaded during the boot up process of Windows via the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User. The file recguard.exe is also called the Recovery Guard or the Recguard MFC Application. Compaq /Hewlett Packard are the ones responsible for developing the process file.

Author: Compaq /Hewlett Packard.

Author URL: www.compaq.com /www.hp.com

Part Of: Compaq /Hewlett Packard computers

Memory Usage: Low

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