Re: unnecessary startup programs
- From: Jean Menzies <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:27:41 -0600
In Word 2003 you don't. You can turn it on or off in the Help menu, but
you can't disable it like you could in earlier versions.
Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy" <happyhappyjoyjoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: unnecessary startup programs
> How do you disable the office assistant?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: unnecessary startup programs
>
>
>> I don't know if this will help however I was having a lot of trouble
>> =
>> last night with Word and text disappearing. I could not find any
>> reason =
>> for it when a little brain wave broke. I hit ALT-h for the help menu
>> and =
>> there it was, disable the office assistant. I have no idea what
>> turned =
>> that ***king thing on but once off everything worked as one would =
>> expect.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: unnecessary startup programs
>>
>>
>> > Hi David
>> >=20
>> > Thanks for that timely advice. I also did a quick Internet search,
>> > =
>> and=20
>> > it seems that MSconfig isn't the preferred route under XP as it was
>> > =
>> say=20
>> > with Windows 98 for disabling startup programs. So, I beat you to
>> > the =
>>
>> > punch and re-enabled the program.
>> >=20
>> > And doing anything with Administrative Tools and disabling services
>> > is =
>>
>> > way, way beyond me. I think I'd end up messing the system up and =
>> making=20
>> > it unstable. That would be my luck.
>> >=20
>> > The whole thing about text going missing is an annoyance, and I
>> > won't=20
>> > take experimental drastic steps to fix it because the cure might
>> > be=20
>> > worse than the problem. Smile.
>> >=20
>> > So far, FS hasn't nailed this one down. They also mentioned
>> > cursor=20
>> > blink rate, but I've set that to what they recommend. They said
>> > put =
>> it=20
>> > at 63 or higher.
>> >=20
>> > Jean
>> > ----- Original Message -----=20
>> > From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:05 PM
>> > Subject: Re: unnecessary startup programs
>> >=20
>> >=20
>> > >I can recommend this. Put msconfig back the way it was and go
>> > >to=20
>> > >controll
>> > > pannel and remove the ati software. The video driver will be
>> > > fine.=20
>> > > AS for
>> > > other programs and services, a lot depends on What hardware and
>> > > type =
>>
>> > > of
>> > > connection you have on your computer so I am afraid there is
>> > > no=20
>> > > deffinitive
>> > > list.
>> > >
>> > > Johnnie Apple Seed
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----=20
>> > > From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
>> > > To: "Jfw List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:19 PM
>> > > Subject: unnecessary startup programs
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Well, I contacted Freedom Scientific about my disappearing
>> > > text=20
>> > > problem,
>> > > and the first line of attack is to go to Msconfig and uncheck any
>> > > =
>> ATI
>> > > programs that are running at startup. I've done that, but it
>> > > hasn't
>> > > totally fixed the problem.
>> > >
>> > > But while I'm at it, I want to identify any other unnecessary =
>> startup
>> > > programs and uncheck them as well. Can someone recommend a
>> > > website=20
>> > > that
>> > > discusses all the programs and whether it is safe to uncheck them
>> > > in
>> > > Msconfig? Maybe there is another program that is the culprit.
>> > >
>> > > Jean
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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