FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Rittenmeyer Ronald A

(Last)(First)(Middle)
C/O HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, 3000 HANOVER STREET

(Street)
PALO ALTOCA94304

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/26/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HEWLETT PACKARD CO [HPQ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Pres/CEO of EDS, an HP Company
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned

/s/David Ritenour, Attorney-in-Fact09/03/2008
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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Exhibit 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints Michael J. Holston, Paul T. Porrini and David Ritenour,and each 
of them, signing singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's 
capacity as an officer of Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP"), any Forms 3, 
4 and 5 or  any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), 
and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the 
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the 
execution of any such Forms 3, 4 or  5 and any amendments thereto and 
the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and 
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the 
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of 
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the 
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such 
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power 
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and 
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her 
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power 
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever 
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of 
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and 
purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally 
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby 
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her 
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by 
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein 
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, 
are not assuming, nor is HP assuming, any of the undersigned's 
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect 
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued 
by HP, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing 
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney 
to be executed as of this 28th day of August 2008.

_/s/Ronald A. Rittenmeyer_______
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer

Exhibit 24



 
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