I am not sure if this is the right forum for this post, but I am trying to
investigate exactly what ctfmon.exe is, and what it's purpose is. I see that
it loads each time at startup from the registry entry, and yet if I remove
it, it is replaced at reboot. I believe that this is a component of Windows
and not from some third party software, but I am having a hard time
verifying that. If anyone has any knowledge of this particular file, I would
appreciate hearing about it. Thanks!

I don't know what it is for, but I ran a search for it on
my system and didn't find such a file. I am using W2k sp4.
so I am thinking it isn't a windows file. good luck.


>-----Original Message-----
>I am not sure if this is the right forum for this post,
but I am trying to
>investigate exactly what ctfmon.exe is, and what it's
purpose is. I see that
>it loads each time at startup from the registry entry,
and yet if I remove
>it, it is replaced at reboot. I believe that this is a
component of Windows
>and not from some third party software, but I am having a
hard time
>verifying that. If anyone has any knowledge of this
particular file, I would
>appreciate hearing about it. Thanks!
>
>
>.
>

It's an Office component for alternative input like speech recognition
or handwriting tablets. It can be turned off, see here:

HOW TO: Turn Off the Speech Recognition and Handwriting Recognition
Features in Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;823586

HOW TO: Turn Off the Speech Recognition and Handwriting Recognition
Features in Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=326526

OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=282599

John

Richard Perry wrote:

> I am not sure if this is the right forum for this post, but I am trying to
> investigate exactly what ctfmon.exe is, and what it's purpose is. I see that
> it loads each time at startup from the registry entry, and yet if I remove
> it, it is replaced at reboot. I believe that this is a component of Windows
> and not from some third party software, but I am having a hard time
> verifying that. If anyone has any knowledge of this particular file, I would
> appreciate hearing about it. Thanks!
>
>

Richard Perry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am not sure if this is the right forum for this post, but I am trying to
> investigate exactly what ctfmon.exe is, and what it's purpose is. I see that
> it loads each time at startup from the registry entry, and yet if I remove
> it, it is replaced at reboot. I believe that this is a component of Windows
> and not from some third party software, but I am having a hard time
> verifying that. If anyone has any knowledge of this particular file, I would
> appreciate hearing about it. Thanks!

Perhaps this will help: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;282599

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Gary L. Smith (E-Mail Removed)
Columbus, Ohio