Language Toolbar

[Gary Wardell]

How can a permanently turn off the language toolbar?

When I do it from the task bar XP keeps turning it back on every I logon.

It's getting to be quite annoying that XP doesn't retain that setting.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

To Turn Text Services On or Off
To turn text services on or off (using Classic view in Control Panel):
1. Click Start, click Run, type: intl.cpl and click OK. Regional and
Language Options should open.
2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click
Details.
3. Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
4. To turn text services off, select the Turn off advanced text services
check box.
5. To turn text services on, clear the check box.
6. Click Yes if you are prompted to confirm your selection.
Notes:

* Use this procedure to turn off handwriting recognition, speech
recognition, and some accessibility features temporarily. These services can
affect performance, and if you are not using them with your current program,
you can turn them off temporarily.
* If you are not using a text service at all, you should remove it.
* Turning off text services does not affect multiple languages or keyboards
that you have added under Installed services in the Text Services and Input
Languages dialog box.
from...
HOW TO: Use the Language Bar in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306993

Language Bar button...
[[Click to change the look and behavior of the Language bar. You can display
or close the Language bar, display text labels for each button, and set
other options.
This button is not available unless at least one of the following is
installed and added as a text service: speech recognition, handwriting
recognition, or an Input Method Editor (IME). IMEs are programs that are
used for entering East Asian language characters using a keyboard.]]

If Language Bar button is not avalable, click the Advanced tab and make sure
that both boxes are unchecked.

Extend support of advanced text services to all programs and Turn off
advanced test services...
[[Specifies whether Windows is to provide support for advanced text services
to programs that do not normally support these text services. Notepad is an
example of this type of program. Advanced text services include handwriting
recognition, speech recognition, and East Asian keyboard input services.
Select the check box to turn on the advanced text services. Clear the check
box to turn them off.
Text services require computer resources and can affect performance. Be sure
only those languages and text services you use are listed under Installed
services. Remove any services you don't use.]]

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[Gary Wardell]

That seemed to do it.

However,

3. Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
4. To turn text services off, select the Turn off advanced text services
check box.

This check box is on the Advanced tab; not the Language Bar buttoin on the
Settings tab.
Purhaps that is another version of this applet.

* If you are not using a text service at all, you should remove it.

I don't see anypace to either install or uninstall this option.

Thanks,

Gary

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Unregister msutb.dl.
Start | Run | Type: Regsvr32 /u msutb.dll | Click OK

{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090} is the CLSID for the Language bar.
msutb.dll is MSUTB Server DLL, it has something to do with the Language bar.

Go here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read instructions at the top.
Scroll down to:
194. Right hand side.
Language Bar Remove - Restore
Click on Language Bar Remove

langbarremove.reg is the file that you want.

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