Hi GStarck
Honestly, you do not need HP Support Assist, that will battle with Windows about what drivers to install and other settings on your PC also.
Let Windows manage your system updates, including drivers, in any case, once HP stop supporting your model of PC, HP Support Assist will be redundant anyway
HP has the worst track record for installing bloatware on their new PC's, most users remove all the HP utilities, because they will never ever use them . . .
Hi GSTARCK
I am an independent advisor here to help
the two programs would not conflict with each other under normal Operation.
HP of course recommends that you keep the HP support assistant I'm so that you can receive any updates that HP issues as soon as they are issued
ultimately it is up to you whether or not you wish to keep an eye out I know of many users, myself included who use only Windows update and once in a while if I need to I will manually update a driver by downloading it from the HP website