Re: unnecessary startup programs
- From: "Ricque" <ricque@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:35:49 -0400
Hi Joy,
This is good for at least Word 2000
Go into the help menu, in Word, and arrow to the office assistant
If it says, show the office assistant, then it is already disabled.
If it says, hide the office assistant, press enter on that.
You are done.
HTH,
Richard Justice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy" <happyhappyjoyjoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:35 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
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> > for it when a little brain wave broke. I hit ALT-h for the help menu and
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> > 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
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> >
> > > punch and re-enabled the program.
> > >=20
> > > And doing anything with Administrative Tools and disabling services is
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> >
> > > 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
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> >
> > > > 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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