Windows 10: what i need to do if on my HP laptop hp hotkey UWP Servise running on my CPU 30%

what i need to do if on my HP laptop hp hotkey UWP Servise running on my CPU 30%

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HP Hotkey UWP Service

So before in- or uninstalling anything I checked the notebook's keyboard and tried all the F1-F12-keys (that without pressing Fn all have different functions - I believe those are what HP means by hotkeys). I checked if they do what they're supposed to do and I couldn't find any "hotkeys" that don't work.

If this is the case the solution is very simple:

1. open "Services"
   
2. find the entry "HP Hotkey UWP Service"
   
3. left click on it -> stop
   
4. left click on it -> properties -> set startup type to "disabled"
   

 

HP Hotkey Service Error

There are two HP drivers on their web site labelled HP Hotkey Service UWP (the one which crashes) and HP Hotkey service. I reinstalled the latter and it has been fine so far. I'm unsure what the difference is between these.

 

HP Hotkey UWP Service

As I am having this problem for the second time already, I want to post my own solution here so I can just look it up next time.

Im using a HP Eliteobook on which I did a clean Windows10 installation after receiving it. After that clean install I got this error described here which I solved back then. Now, after upgrading to Windows 10-1809 the same error pops up again:

so, the link they provide is not even valid anymore, and I have absolutely no intention of re-installing HP bloatware anyway. There are some people in the HP forum thread I referenced above that report using other HP software like "HP Support Assistant" solved their problem. However I don't have all these available since I did a clean windows installation.