Ctfmon.exe

[Boria Condrey]

I think this file is corrupt or something. Everytime I load IE 7, I get an
error message. "CTF loader has encountered a problem and needs to close"
How can I find out what the problem is and how to fix it?

 

[Kelly]

Hi Boria,

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?


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[David Starr]

Hi Boria,

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?

Kelly,
I have been trying to kill of ctfmon as an active process for some
time.
I went settings->controlpanel->regional & Language Settings tab
Languages, and unchecked "Install file for complex script and
right-to-left languages" and the "install files for East Asian
Languages" check boxes. Then I did tab Languages, pushbutton "Details"
Tab "Advanced" and checked the System Configuration "Turn off advanced
text services" checkbox.
ctfmon did go away for a few days and came back to life. I then used
Process Explorer to search web for ctfmon. Discovered an MS knowledge
base article about disabling ctfmon. [
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599] Followed instructions in
article to do regsvr32.exe /u msimtf.dll and regsvr32.exe /u msctf.dll.
No luck. Searched registry and found a “run” ctfmon.exe key. Removed
same. Rebooted. Came up with NO ctfmon. After a minute or two ctfmon
reappeared as a running process. Re inspected the registry. The “run”
key had reappeared. Some nice program that runs after boot is reloading
ctfmon AND putting the run ctfmon.exe key back into the registry.
Could it be skype?
Attempts to kill ctfmon by zapping the file out of
c:/windows/system32 failed. Some helpful system preserver program
replaced the zapped ctfmon.exe. Further research found a MS Knowledge
base article suggesting removal of English-Spanish and English-French
translation features from Word. Did same with
Settings->ControlPanel->Add&Remove Programs->MS Office Change.

Ctfmon is still loading and sucking up ram. If anyone knows how to
kill this fellow, I'm ready to listen.

David Starr

 

[Doug W.]

CTFMON.EXE is so tiny that it practically uses NO RAM. Better to
worry about Bush and company and the world situation than this
pgm. Jeez.
-
Doug W.
-

Hi Boria,

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?

Kelly,
I have been trying to kill of ctfmon as an active process
for some time.
I went settings->controlpanel->regional & Language Settings
tab Languages, and unchecked "Install file for complex script
and right-to-left languages" and the "install files for East
Asian Languages" check boxes. Then I did tab Languages,
pushbutton "Details" Tab "Advanced" and checked the System
Configuration "Turn off advanced text services" checkbox.
ctfmon did go away for a few days and came back to life. I
then used Process Explorer to search web for ctfmon.
Discovered an MS knowledge base article about disabling
ctfmon. [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599] Followed
instructions in article to do regsvr32.exe /u msimtf.dll and
regsvr32.exe /u msctf.dll. No luck. Searched registry and
found a “run” ctfmon.exe key. Removed same. Rebooted. Came
up with NO ctfmon. After a minute or two ctfmon reappeared as
a running process. Re inspected the registry. The “run” key
had reappeared. Some nice program that runs after boot is
reloading ctfmon AND putting the run ctfmon.exe key back into
the registry. Could it be skype?
Attempts to kill ctfmon by zapping the file out of
c:/windows/system32 failed. Some helpful system preserver
program replaced the zapped ctfmon.exe. Further research
found a MS Knowledge base article suggesting removal of
English-Spanish and English-French translation features from
Word. Did same with Settings->ControlPanel->Add&Remove
Programs->MS Office Change.

Ctfmon is still loading and sucking up ram. If anyone knows
how to kill this fellow, I'm ready to listen.

David Starr

 

[Kelly]

Hi David,

Unlike the Alternative User Input features, Ctfmon.exe is a system component
that cannot be uninstalled. For more information about disabling Ctfmon.exe,
refer to the "Can I remove the Ctfmon.exe file?" section earlier in this
article. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Hi Boria,

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?

Kelly,
I have been trying to kill of ctfmon as an active process for some time.
I went settings->controlpanel->regional & Language Settings tab
Languages, and unchecked "Install file for complex script and
right-to-left languages" and the "install files for East Asian Languages"
check boxes. Then I did tab Languages, pushbutton "Details" Tab
"Advanced" and checked the System Configuration "Turn off advanced text
services" checkbox.
ctfmon did go away for a few days and came back to life. I then used
Process Explorer to search web for ctfmon. Discovered an MS knowledge
base article about disabling ctfmon. [
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599] Followed instructions in article
to do regsvr32.exe /u msimtf.dll and regsvr32.exe /u msctf.dll. No luck.
Searched registry and found a “run” ctfmon.exe key. Removed same.
Rebooted. Came up with NO ctfmon. After a minute or two ctfmon
reappeared as a running process. Re inspected the registry. The “run”
key had reappeared. Some nice program that runs after boot is reloading
ctfmon AND putting the run ctfmon.exe key back into the registry. Could it
be skype?
Attempts to kill ctfmon by zapping the file out of c:/windows/system32
failed. Some helpful system preserver program replaced the zapped
ctfmon.exe. Further research found a MS Knowledge base article suggesting
removal of English-Spanish and English-French translation features from
Word. Did same with Settings->ControlPanel->Add&Remove Programs->MS
Office Change.

Ctfmon is still loading and sucking up ram. If anyone knows how to kill
this fellow, I'm ready to listen.

David Starr

 

[Kelly]

)

What Amount of System Resources Is Used When Ctfmon.exe Is Running?

Ctfmon.exe uses little of the system resources if Advanced Text Services are
not running. Advanced Text Services are those input technologies (speech
recognition, handwriting recognition, and Input Method Editors) that are
being controlled by Ctfmon.exe via a TIP.

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

CTFMON.EXE is so tiny that it practically uses NO RAM. Better to worry
about Bush and company and the world situation than this pgm. Jeez.
-
Doug W.
-

Hi Boria,

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?

Kelly,
I have been trying to kill of ctfmon as an active process for some
time.
I went settings->controlpanel->regional & Language Settings tab
Languages, and unchecked "Install file for complex script and
right-to-left languages" and the "install files for East Asian Languages"
check boxes. Then I did tab Languages, pushbutton "Details" Tab
"Advanced" and checked the System Configuration "Turn off advanced text
services" checkbox.
ctfmon did go away for a few days and came back to life. I then used
Process Explorer to search web for ctfmon. Discovered an MS knowledge
base article about disabling ctfmon. [
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599] Followed instructions in article
to do regsvr32.exe /u msimtf.dll and regsvr32.exe /u msctf.dll. No luck.
Searched registry and found a “run” ctfmon.exe key. Removed same.
Rebooted. Came up with NO ctfmon. After a minute or two ctfmon
reappeared as a running process. Re inspected the registry. The “run”
key had reappeared. Some nice program that runs after boot is reloading
ctfmon AND putting the run ctfmon.exe key back into the registry. Could
it be skype?
Attempts to kill ctfmon by zapping the file out of c:/windows/system32
failed. Some helpful system preserver program replaced the zapped
ctfmon.exe. Further research found a MS Knowledge base article
suggesting removal of English-Spanish and English-French translation
features from Word. Did same with Settings->ControlPanel->Add&Remove
Programs->MS Office Change.

Ctfmon is still loading and sucking up ram. If anyone knows how to
kill this fellow, I'm ready to listen.

David Starr