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Great, solution, it also got my problem working.

Finally out of pain.... Things where so bad, thanks to you.

very good!

Another problem with Digital Persona - DpAgent.exe ---

A few days ago I received a notification message (Vista) informing me of a new version of Digital Persona which I could buy as an upgrade to the fingerprint scanner in my notebook (v3.x to v4.x). I declined the offer and accepted their request that I be notified of future updates. Immediately after that, my CPU usage began running at about 50%, so much so that the fan ran continuously. Checking Task Manager showed that the DpAgent.exe was the only other task taking up CPU. Killing the task stopped it the excessive CPU usage, but it began again on the next bootup.

To solve this, go to your application Digital Persona, Properties, Automatic Updates, and uncheck the box labeled "Check for updates every N days." There is clearly a problem in their software that Digital Persona needs to fix and Digital Persona should not be changing my property settings without clearly stating that. Digital Persona's web site will not accept support for OEM pcs, like HP and Dell. I find using the reader a great advantage; however, their update and notification processes are far from helpful.

Thank you for taking the time to post this solution on the web.

great. it has worked.

This is the 2nd time I've had issues with Digital Persona software. Last time required eliminating whatever was DP task was running on the taskbar and now I need to go after the DPAgent.exe file. A lot of work for "free" software. Thanks for the help.

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Thank You!
Killing that DPAgent process solved the TypeLibBuilder.exe issue. My config is: Vista Business 64 bits with Visual Studio 2008 on HP dv9780 notebook.

Thank You so much!
Now I can programming without fear hehe

Thank you soooooooooo much. I was so annoyed by this error and tried 100 other different things to fix it. Now, with your solution, I was able to get this fixed. Thank you.. Thank you...

Thanks so much! After months of crashes I can finally use Visual Studio again! I looked all over the internet and could not find a solution. Your solution works fine!