they are appearing in my Local Settings\Temp folder and I cannot seem to delete them all, it would appear I have to keep at least one of the as "something else may be using this file". I have XP pro.

Todays file contains

20050808180947:1BD20A795A:0001(hphmon05.exe)Parsed command line: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon05.exe"

Any help gratefully received

looks like its for the Hewlett Packard Card Reader

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/hphmon05/

Thanks Melt. Looks like you're right. I've recently added a new HP photo printer to my set up. Cheers