MS FAQ about Ctfmon.exe is wrong

[paul]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

If you look at the above kb it states:

Step 1: Uninstall Alternative User Input
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP:
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.


I just reinstalled XP PRo sp3(formated HD) and I have not installed any MS
Office products yet, so why is ctfmon showing up in my msconfig startup? And
how am I supposed to disable it, since the above KB only refers to doing
that in MS Office.

 

[smlunatick]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

If you look at the above kb it states:

Step 1: Uninstall Alternative User Input
 Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP:
  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.

I just reinstalled XP PRo sp3(formated HD) and I have not installed any MS
Office products yet, so why is ctfmon showing up in my msconfig startup? And
how am I supposed to disable it, since the above KB only refers to doing
that in MS Office.

Do you have additional languages configured in your XP???

 

[John John - MVP]

Internet Explorer 7 will install it.

John

 

[paul]

no additional languages installed that I know of.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

If you look at the above kb it states:

Step 1: Uninstall Alternative User Input
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP:
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.

I just reinstalled XP PRo sp3(formated HD) and I have not installed any MS
Office products yet, so why is ctfmon showing up in my msconfig startup?
And
how am I supposed to disable it, since the above KB only refers to doing
that in MS Office.

Do you have additional languages configured in your XP???

 

[paul]

Hi John,

Yes I have IE7 installed. I checkd my IE7 and I only one language configed
which is ENGLISH.

Do I need ctfmon for IE7 ? Can I turn cftmon off? If yes how?
As per the KB(at least for ms office & ctfmon), I went to add/remove
programs and looked at IE7, but there was not a CHANGE button, only a REMOVE
button.

......paul

 

[John John - MVP]

You don't need Ctfmon for IE to run properly. Turning off the Advanced
Text Services should do the trick.

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt..."ctfmon.exe"&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=sb-bot
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...ext+services&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=sb-top

John