What is Dpupdchk.exe

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http://www.malwaredictionary.com/2011/03/dpupdchk-exe/The Dpupdchk.exe process is not well documented; however, is published by the Microsoft Corporation. The process supports automatic checking for Microsoft Mouse software, but it is not known if this is a redudant feature to Windows update. The program runs in the background on many versions of the Windows Operating System and considered safeto leave running.

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Dpupdchk.exe is an automatic update checking application created by the Microsoft Corporation. It is commonly seen running as a background process on Windows computers.

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Not a lot of published information from Microsoft regarding the process. It is thought to be used primarily to check for automatic updates for mouse drivers.

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If you do not want to remove Microsoft IntelliPoint from your computer, you can turn off the “Auto Update” feature located under Microsoft Mouse and Quality Settings.

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Always be careful when mucking with default Microsoft processes or files. Unless you just don’t like background processes that are not needed running on your computer, the average end-user can likely leave the dpupdchk.exe process alone.

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