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The PCI Com-Con is on Intel based motherboards only and used for remote updates within an IT network so I don't know why HP (or someone) would want to use that unless they want to peek into your PC. That's not how normal updates occur. The drivers for that should be on your motherboard disc or from the MB OEM site and included with the chipset drivers. The other piece of it is call the Management Engine Interface. But as I mentioned, you don't need that either unless your PC is part of a business IT network. In which case, your PC would be under the IT department control.
I was never able to delete the hardware until recently. It would always come back after a reboot so I blocked Windows driver updates and deleted the drivers for it. It used to run all the time in the background and I don't need it. I think Intel issued a hidden patch for the PCI Com-Con. I saw it flash by just ahead of a network adaptor update from Intel.
In any case, don't install the entire HP software package. Choose Custom Install and select the printer drivers only. See if that works. I normally do that for all my printers since I don't need all the extra crapware they try to load anyway.
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