How to Remove Microsoft Office’s Text Service?
To prevent text service from running, follow these steps.
Uninstall Alternative User Input
To uninstall the alternative user input feature, set the installation state
to Not Available in Office XP Setup.
- Quit all Office programs.
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click
Control Panel.
- In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- In the Currently installed programs list, click to select
Microsoft Office XP product. Click Change.
- In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, select Add
or Remove Features, and then click Next. This displays the
Choose installation options for all Office applications and tools
dialog box.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to Office Shared Features to
expand it.
- Click the icon next to Alternative User Input, and then select
Not Available.
- Click Update.
Remove Alternative User Input Services from Text Services
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click
Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel, double-click Text Services.
- Under Installed Services, select each input item that is
listed, and then click Remove to remove the item. All items must
be removed, one by one, except the following input service:
English (United States)- default Keyboard United States 101
Run regsvr32 /U on the msimtf.dll and msctf.dll Files
- Click Start and then click Run.
- In the Run dialog box, type the following command:
regsvr32.exe /U msimtf.dll
- Click OK.
- Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the msctf.dll file.
For additional information about how to remove ctfmon.exe, refer to the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q282599 OFFXP: What Is CTFMON and What Does It Do?
by imacat, first written 2003-06-20, last updated 2006-04-06
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