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Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: streakeagle on October 20, 2002, 10:37:33 PM: Just lost a lot of my day to Microsoft and the wonders of OfficeXP :mad:

Ended up installing it/uninstalling it off of three computers as various problems came to light. Went back to Office97, but XP left a little present: Ctfmon.exe

The removal exe I downloaded from the net failed to work as advertised, so I had to remove it manually. I kind of got rid of it (i.e. deleted it out of my system folder and deleted the registry keys), but since it kept reinstalling itself in the registry every time I opened an explorer window prior to deleting the exe, I think some parts of it are still lurking out there tying up my resources... especially during the startup of applications that it was interfering with.

:rolleyes: just needed a place to vent.

If anyone knows anymore about this and how to make sure all traces of it are gone, please feel free to help me :)

"I hates MS and XP!!!"
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Nash on October 20, 2002, 11:59:21 PM: Hhmm....

My computer started doing nasty stuff on Friday. I couldn't even connect to the internet as it decided to drop all of my drivers etc. (win98).

On Saturday, sick of dealing with the computer prollems I constantly get, I went and bought a clean HD and Windows XP Pro.

Was a cinch to install, and it's been working great. I think the only way to go back to your Office97 safely though is to format the drive. I can't see just sticking another OS over top of this.
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Tac on October 21, 2002, 12:11:53 AM: Office 97 is not compatible with winXP.

Anything made after 1998 (or made FOR windows 98) will allegedly work fine.

And, hey. What do you expect? Its microsoft!
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: john9001 on October 21, 2002, 02:50:52 AM: gee , guys, just buy a $4000 mac and you won't have any problems, well thats what the mac ads say
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Swoop on October 21, 2002, 03:24:45 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Tac
Office 97 is not compatible with winXP.

Yeah it is, I've got office 97 running on XP Pro. No problems at all.

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Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Mighty1 on October 21, 2002, 08:09:23 AM: Yeah I love those new Mac Commercials.

"Hi! I'm a complete moron with no skills what so ever so I bought a Mac!"

"HI! I come from a family of complete idiots who cannot even install drivers from the CD that came with my Dad's digital camera so I bought a Mac."

"Hi! I'm a lawyer..." OK this guy needs a Mac!
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: LePaul on October 21, 2002, 01:49:13 PM: Those Mac ads are nearly as good as the old OutPost.Com ads...back when they'd shoot gerbils thru a cannon, etc

Just got invited into the .NET Server 2003 beta stuff a week or so ago. I figured the software would be fun to test, but the Beta Newsgroups are where the REAL gems. Its nice to get straight answers and not be asked for a credit card for an incident report! :D
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Manedew on October 21, 2002, 02:46:17 PM: Just got slackware up on my other harddrive

if i can just get AH to work there who needs windoze :)

In otherwords right on $%^&#@$%& microsoft ..I think that woke up some folks screaming that at night.

Any linux tips?? sudo-new, done some RedHat new to Slack, but rasied a dos/windows baby.
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Wlfgng on October 21, 2002, 02:53:32 PM: CTFMon comes with Microsoft Office XP. As long as the Text Services & Speech are enabled in the Control Panel, this program will force itself back into your list of background programs.

Recommendation :
Disable "Text Services & Speech" in the Control Panel if you are not using them. Then, disable CTFMon using Startup Manager.
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: Mathman on October 21, 2002, 04:18:56 PM: Watch what you say there streakeagle. The Smoking Man... errr Bill Gates will send his black helicopters after you.
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: streakeagle on October 21, 2002, 11:02:03 PM: I am using speech. So I disabled Ctfmon.exe permanently the only way I knew how-- deleted it.

I just don't know what triggered it to be reinstalled in the startup registry keys everytime I opened an explorer window... whatever was turning it on needs to be removed too.

As for converting to WinXP... no way. My brother is using it and I gave him identical hardware to mine (P3 1.2GHz/TUV4X/Radeon 8500). Clearly by using Win98SE I have ended up with the better gaming machine... all my games and hardware work 100% right (within the limits of ATI drivers :)) and run faster than with his XP. The only advantage he seems to have over me is being able to support 1.5Gb of RAM. I can only tweak Win98SE to work with 1Gb.

Never could stand Win2000... and XP is even worse :p I will only convert when newer games/hardware force me to.
Title: $@#!!! Microsoft!!!!!
Post by: whgates3 on October 21, 2002, 11:23:42 PM: black helicoters on the way!
sorry it took so long guys ;-]