Thanks for you help, Peter, but I never installed Office. Unless it came
with Explorer or something I don't know about. But I only load the bare
necessities on after a format.
Also.. it doesn't matter whether I uncheck it in the StartUp menu or not,
cause it is right back in there when I start my computer again the next time.
OK.. I went to that site and I do not have MSOffice installed nor is it in
my control panel as it says it should be in these instructions on how to
remove it. But thanks anyway. Harriet
(((Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP: 1. Quit all Office
programs. 2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
NOTE: In Windows XP, click Start and then click Control Panel.
3. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.NOTE: In Windows XP,
click Add or Remove Programs.
4. In the Currently installed programs list, click to select Microsoft
Office XP product, where Office XP product is the name of the specific Office
product being used. If you are using a standalone version of one of the Office
programs, click to select the appropriate product in the list. Click Change.
5. In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, select Add or Remove Features,
and then click Next. This displays the Choose installation options for all
Office applications and tools dialog box. 6. Click the plus sign (+) next to
Office Shared Features to expand it. 7. Click the icon next to Alternative
User Input, and then select Not Available. 8. Click Update.NOTE: If you have
multiple Office XP products installed, for example, Office XP Professional
and Publisher 2002, you must repeat the preceding steps for each installed
product. )))
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If I understand correctly, it is the lack of ctfmon.exe that is causing your
problem. Here is a link to Microsoft's explanation of ctfmon:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599
This is part of the MS Office suite. If you still have Office installed, it
is possible that the registry entry to run ctfmon gets entered by MS Office
even when you uncheck it in AutoRuns. The way to fix this would then be by
reinstalling Office, since this seems to be the problem. You might try
simply copying the ctfmon.exe file directly to the system32 folder to fix
the missing file problem. A big question would be: why did the file get
deleted in the first place?
AutoRuns is just one of several ways to monitor and control your startups.
Running msconfig is another way.
Good luck, and let us know if I misunderstood your situation.
Peter
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