Re: CTFMON?

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:33:04 -0500

Ok, Jim. Notes taken. Haven't got to it yet, though. <w> 

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All the Best,
Kelly
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Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Jim Byrd" <jrbyrd@spamlessadelphia.net> wrote in message 
news:uuEcTN7nEHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Kelly - FWIW, just thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that I also did
> unregister msimtf.dll as called out in the KB.
>
> -- 
> Please respond in the same thread.
> Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>
>
>
> In news:OqH2qA7nEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
> Kelly <kelly@mvps.org> typed:
>> Thanks, Jim.  Will check into it.  :o)
>>
>>
>> "Jim Byrd" <jrbyrd@spamlessadelphia.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23$HWn3mnEHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Kelly - FWIW, the removal procedure in 282599 is fairly
>>> convoluted, and what I've done instead is to turn off all of the
>>> Text Services stuff and just re-name ctfmon.exe to ctfmon.exeold.
>>> Had it this way for a while, and
>>> so far ctfmon has stayed gone, and I've experienced no difficulties
>>> in either O2000 or O2003 (haven't tried w/OXP).  As always, AT YOUR
>>> OWN RISK, but of course you can always change it back if it turns
>>> out to be a problem
>>> in OXP (or elsewhere).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Please respond in the same thread.
>>> Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In news:%23F35eRhnEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>>> Kelly <kelly@mvps.org> typed:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> CTFMon is involved with the language/alternative input services in
>>>> Office XP. CTFMON.exe will continue to put itself back into MSConfig
>>>> when you run the Office XP apps as long as the Text Services and
>>>> Speech applets in the Control Panel are enabled. Not required if you
>>>> don't need these features.
>>>>
>>>> OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q282599
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> " MS" <ms@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ORPOgMhnEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>> What is the program ctfmon.exe (located in \windows\system32),
>>>>> which Windows
>>>>> often installs as a startup program? What does it do? Is it
>>>>> important to keep running in the background? Ok to disable its
>>>>> auto-startup?
>

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