How to remove hkcmd error

hkcmd.exe file information

The process hkcmd Module belongs to the software Intel(R) Common User Interface or hkcmd.exe or Intel R Common User Interface by Intel Corporation (www.intel.com).

Description: hkcmd.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 77824 bytes (34% of all occurrence), 126976 bytes, 118784 bytes, 114688 bytes, 90112 bytes, 106496 bytes, 163840 bytes, 162584 bytes, 86016 bytes, 155648 bytes, 98304 bytes, 162328 bytes, 147456 bytes, 154392 bytes, 159744 bytes, 154136 bytes, 166424 bytes, 14348 bytes, 139264 bytes, 36364 bytes, 454144 bytes, 151552 bytes, 23564 bytes, 135168 bytes, 69632 bytes, 184320 bytes, 28172 bytes, 221184 bytes, 37631 bytes, 24076 bytes, 16897 bytes, 25600 bytes, 24588 bytes, 56320 bytes, 37585 bytes, 31650 bytes, 21504 bytes, 166680 bytes, 353750 bytes, 443904 bytes, 37886 bytes, 31730 bytes, 267744 bytes, 31849 bytes, 39477 bytes, 37843 bytes, 24080 bytes, 27664 bytes.
hkcmd.exe is not a Windows system file. Program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, , , HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders, , -). The program has no visible window. The file is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. Therefore the technical security rating is 31% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "hkcmd" can run at start up. Installed by the Intel 810 and 815 chipset graphic drivers. If you want the Ctrl+Alt+F12 or similar keypresses to access Intel's customised graphics properties, you need it, otherwise not. Can be disabled via the Display Properties in Control Panel
• "HotKeysCmds" can run at start up. Installed by the Intel 810 and 815 chipset graphic drivers. If you want the Ctrl+Alt+F12 or similar keypresses to access Intel's customised graphics properties, you need it, otherwise not. Can be disabled via Control Panel -> Display Properties

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as hkcmd.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the hkcmd.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: hkcmd.exe, hkcmd.exe

I challenged a hacker community to hack my pc, and Sygate firewall almost immediately reported application hijacking, and yes it was the infamous hkcmd.exe trying yo establish a connection with another computer. Id delete it if I were you, my pc works just fine without it.
  HackThis!  

It is locking out option, I.e. like taskmanager, change pass, and lock computer
  Mr.Anderson  

If it is a hotkey thing, why is Zone Alarm catching it trying to access the internet? I denied it access and my computer hasn't exploded... yet. ; )
  Me  

Sorry for triple post, didn't mean to press enter XD. Alright so heres how to disable it. Go to your driver options and uncheck enable hotkeys. Then go to msconfig and uncheck hkcmd on the startup tab. Now restart and its gone. worked for me =)
  The-Bleh-Bleh  

Ok, update to last post. This takes 4mb of ram, so heres how to make it not run.
  The-Bleh-Bleh  

Well, all I know is when I try to disable it in msconfig, at startup i get an error saying windows just recovered from critical error. Which is annoying, so i just leave it alone, though it takes 4 mbs of ram... disabling through control panel wont work.
  The-Bleh-Bleh  

I think that Intel should have named it something much better. Me being a MySpace user, thought that is stands for hack commented?[hkcmd] or something that had to do with hacking. but delete remove it by terminating the process tree, because your PC will run much, much smoother.
  Christopher Parr  

it appears after i install a fresh copy of windows xp , i think my windows copy has this thing.. i think it's giving me some problem.
  suraj  

found 3 copies, 1 was 24kb, and had no version data in the properties dlg, deleted it. the other 2 had older dates and version data indicating intel as the author.
  Jim  

Original file not dangerous, but several virus's use this file as a shield.
  Travis Crincoli  

This program's natural settings is harmless but as the addage goes you can save any program to any name. Some Malware writers will create a program that will add to the existing program causing it to do whatever they want it to.
  White Hat  

Just more lousy overhead to slow me down, Nuke it.
  Brendan  

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