How to remove an TPONSCR error

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TPONSCR.exe file information

The process known as On screen display drawer belongs to software On screen display or Rescue and Recovery or Client Security Solution or msxml4 sp2 or IBM ThinkPad On Screen Display or HijackThis or Adobe Shockwave (version 11) or On Screen Display by Lenovo Group (www.lenovo.com) or Lenovo (Japan) (www.lenovo.com/jp).

Description: The file TPONSCR.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 77,824 bytes (97% of all occurrences), 73,776 bytes and 10 more variants.
The file is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window. There is no description of the program. Therefore the technical security rating is 54% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You might want to uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > On Screen Display or Anzeige am Bildschirm).

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as TPONSCR.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the TPONSCR.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

I have a ThinkPad with this cpu consuming process running
Andres

This file basically shows you the volume levels, both the pop up and tray icon. Ending this process will prevent the pc from drawing the image(bar, graph etc) and remove the tray icon. Not recommended if you are not sure about keyboard hot keys
Shadowcreeper

Good file Provided by Lenovo Think Pad Technologies TM. It provides an onscreen display of your volume whenever you use the built in volume buttons. If you get an error every time you use a built in volume key saying that tponscr.exe has crashed but would like to have this onscreen display go to the link in this description.
Dylan Jones (further information)

Useful, shows the onscreen info for volume,display,presentation etc. No need to disable.
srikrishnak

Think Pad Utility "Thinkpad on Screen", hence tponscr..
Stephen

The tponscr.exe process is used to configure and use the hotkeys found on IBM Thinkpads. If this process is not running the Hotkeys will not work, so unless it is causing problems on your system you should leave this process running.
IBM User (further information)

The ThinkVantage button will not work for Lenovo users, preventing you from entering a pre-boot Rescue and Recovery operation. Would not remove it if you own a Lenovo.

Also responsible the on screen display of a ThinkPad's volume level, etc
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Summary: Average user rating of TPONSCR.exe: based on 21 votes with 9 reviews.

15 users think TPONSCR.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 4 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users doesn't grade TPONSCR.exe ("not sure about it").

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