T42 Windows XP Pro - ucgather.exe Question

I boot my T42 (1.2 GB) 2 to 3 times per day.  About once every week or two during the startup sequence the processor is driven to 100% for a minute or two.  According to the Task Manager the offender is python.exe.  In looking further it seems that ucgather.exe (which runs during each boot) uses a python routine called pdtcomp.pyc (developed by Paul Plaskonos of IBM) that claims to be a byte compiled version of pdtcomp.py.   I kill python.exe when this occurs; but it is annoying.  My questions are:  is Lenovo using the information gathered on each boot by the IBM ucgather program and is there an elegant method of discontinuing the startup run of this program if no one is using it? ... or alternatively is pdtcomp.py availble?
Tom D.

HI Sou,
The product key on the bottom of your notebook is specific to the OEM version of VISTA that was supplied with your noteook. If you have installed a different OS then you will need to use the product key that came with the OS that you have installed. This will normally be supplied either in the CD itself or on the packaging.
regards,

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