Comments on: Fix for HP Setup Assistant on Mac OS X starts on every login.

By: Laelie

Laelie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:05:52 +0000

Thank you! This was so very helpful. I was so annoyed by it that I was about to uninstall the whole thing.

By: abritta bjorklund

abritta bjorklund — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:05:43 +0000

thanks this really helped! that was getting on my NERVESSS

By: MikeC

MikeC — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:51:16 +0000

Thanks for the tip. This had been bugging me for a while and I finally got round to sorting it today. Your tip worked fine and no more HP Assistant.

many thanks

Mike

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:07:42 +0000

Thanks for that tip. I really got tired of seeing that HP Assistant. I’d only looked in the usual places for that startup file and didn’t find it. You saved me doing a Finder search on all HP crap. Funny thing. I’m sure I installed it correctly with the necessary settings, so why the heck would it keep asking to set up my 2600 all the time. I had installed the on my MacBook Pro and rarely print from it. Anyway, you helped get rid of it and that’s that. Thanks, again.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:31:01 +0000

thank you SO much! after much frustration, I stumbled upon your post in a Google search. I am happily freed from that annoying setup assistant…FINALLY!

By: Max K.

Max K. — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:20:11 +0000

excellent tip you saved my day GOOGLE search thanx M.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:31:28 +0000

Thank you so much. Your a life saver You see, I have this problem where I accidentally delete things on my computer that I NEED.

and this just made my life easier.

By: macbook user

macbook user — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:39:16 +0000

Hey- I never reply to forums, I just use the information they give me and never give back any appreciation. The only reason I am doing it here is because you specifically mention that you are interested in tracking how many people will use your information. THANK YOU by the way, no longer do I have to deal with that setup window again! I love my mac for its convenience and that was such an inconvenience onto my life. yeah , yeah life is tough! lol thanks again

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:04:57 +0000

Really, really, DO NOT DO WHAT I JUST DID!!!!!

I edited the two plists mentioned using the Plist editor, and trashed my system - well, Finder doesn't work, and I can no longer log out or shut down!

It appears these two are system maintained and should not be messed with.

Much desperate typing in Terminal occurring now...

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:15:29 +0000

I have the same problem, running 10.5.6, with the 1.3.1 update of HP software. There is no /Library/Preferences/Hewlett-Packard Preferences/ folder, but it does appear that there are entries in com.apple.loginitems.plist and loginwindow.plist, which I’m about to try getting rid of…