When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.
What you oughta know
Somehow, printers still cause issues in 2023.
Additionally, a related issue renames printers from any manufacturer as HP printers.
An updateMicrosoft support pageoutlines the problems, though there isn’t a fix available at this time.
Reports of theHP Smart app installing on PCs without permissionfirst appeared last month.
They have since been confirmed by Microsoft.
The tech giant shared a list of related issues:
Despite the issues, printing shouldn’t be affected.
Your printer may have been renamed against your wishes, but it should still work.
Microsoft notes that only PCs with access to the Microsoft Store are affected by these issues.
Microsoft is investigating the problem and will share an update when it becomes available.
The company confirms problems, investigates, then rolls out fixes when they’re proven stable.
Any reports about Microsoft running into bugs it can’t fix should probably be ignored.
