Many Dells come with a trial version of office. See if you
inadvertently installed it. Look on the program menu.
See " Disabling in Windows XP" Here":
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-ctfmonexe-and-why-is-it-running/
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> _http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599_
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599)
>
> I have a Dell 8400 running Windows XP with SP3, also running free Avast
> Anti-virus and Zone Alarm with 2 GB's of 2048 Ram. About a week ago I had to
> format, and for some unknown reason, this ctfmon.exe constantly appears
> in my start up. It didn't do this at first, but now it does. I have taken
> it off again and again but it will not stay off. In the above article it
> says that is an MS Office product which I have NOT installed any of them.
>
> The instructions Google gave in getting rid of it does not help... since I
> can't find in the Control Panel where it was installed, cause I certainly
> didn't install anything Office. Harriet
>
> (Sure hope I have sent this to the right place)
>
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