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12-08-2021 05:50 PM - last edited on 12-08-2021 05:55 PM by MarcusC
Product: HP Elitebook 840 G7
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
Every time I boot up my HP Laptop, I get this error windows “BackgroundProcess.exe - Bad Image”
With the description:
“C:\Windows\System32\cdp.dll is either designed not to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f”

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