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Ctfmon.exe
What is Ctfmon.exe?
Before we understand how to disable ctfmon.exe from our PC, we need to understand what is it and how it work?
Ctfmon is not a spyware and is actually used by Microsoft to control the Microsoft Office language bar and any Alternative User Input Text Processors. Technically, the Ctfmon.exe process handles a number of text functions associated with the language bar including keyboard control, speech recognition and input command for a range of Asian languages including Japanese and Chinese. Ctfmon process has been integrated into Windows XP Tablets to enable you to convert handwriting into text. The
Ctfmon.exe process always runs in the background and monitors the active program.
So, how can you remove ctfmon.exe from running in the process list?
The simplest and most widely used method is to kill the process by using the task manager or unchecking it by using MSCONFIG. However, it’s not a permanent solution and it will come back again.
Office Xp and Windows 2003 users can remove ctfmon.exe process by following the steps below.
If your computer runs on Windows 2003 or Office XP, ctfmon.exe process needs to be removed from the setup dialog. Click on Add/Remove programs in the control panel and click on change in the Microsoft Office entry. Click continue on Add/Remove feature to continue. There is a “+” sign next to Office Shared Features. Click on it to go to the Alternative User Input, click on Not Available and click update to finish.
For Windows 2007 users, choose the Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel. On the Languages tab, you will see a “Details” button just under the text services and input languages, click on it.
Turn off advanced text services box by clicking on the advanced tab. Click OK twice to save the changes. You have to then unregister the DLL file associated with this alternative user input.
Once the ctfmon.exe program is uninstalled, go to start then click Run and enter the following commands.
1) Command 1. Regsvr32.exe /u msimtf.dll
2) Command 2. Regsvr32.exe /u msctf.dll
