I found this posted in another forum, in response to a similar question posted by David. I was informed that the link at the bottom of the reply contains a solution, though I don't have any HP stuff, and can't replicate the prob. The link does appear to have some potential solutions from what I read.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/f...hreadId=236434

Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.

I admit that the background process present after the installation of
the HP PSC 1210 all-in-one do consume some amount of system resources
but 47% is a really low figure. There might be other possible issues
with the hardware resources or other application software that is
installed in your computer. You will have to contact your system
manufacturer to deal with those issues.

I will help you resolve the low resource issue caused due to the
all-in-one software in this e-mail.

The computer will slow down or freeze when it is low on system
resources. I recommend you follow the steps given in the Web site below
to improve the system resources and hence optimize the computer. This
should increase the system resources by a considerable amount.

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/documen...cName=bpu01773
I hope this is of some help.

peace