HP taking over the world

[jmak]

https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/05/hp_smartapp_microsoft_issue

 

 

Microsoft confirms Smart App issue renaming everyone's printers to HP

Not only turning up uninvited, but telling folks they suddenly have a LaserJet

[Koldov]

That's funny, just installed Windows on a PC that was given to me by a friend and I was doing a lot of disk moving and swapping (basically keeping their old disk that they'd reset Windows on whilst I installed mine on a new disk, in case I needed any drivers etc.). I noticed they had Windows 'Home' version and thought it strange that an HP app appeared or that they had HP printer software and apps installed as this was the first time it had been booted and it certainly hadn't been connected to any printers!

 

I'd just kind of written it off as some sort of Windows Home bloatware as I haven't actually used a Home version of Windows in many years.... at least I know what it was now.