Office & msconfig

Hi all,

Anyone know why MS Office is in Msconfig as a default after
installing office; and just what is it that Office does as startup?
(office 2000 and win98se in this case, if that is useful info.)
In my startup menu in ie, I only have 'New & Open' Office Document....
never paid much mind to them to be honest.
Gekko

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"Gekko" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Anyone know why MS Office is in Msconfig as a default after
installing office; and just what is it that Office does as startup?
(office 2000 and win98se in this case, if that is useful info.)
In my startup menu in ie, I only have 'New & Open' Office Document....
never paid much mind to them to be honest.
Gekko

"Gekko" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Anyone know why MS Office is in Msconfig as a default after
installing office; and just what is it that Office does as startup?
(office 2000 and win98se in this case, if that is useful info.)
In my startup menu in ie, I only have 'New & Open' Office Document....
never paid much mind to them to be honest.
Gekko



you mean osa.exe ?

this is for office 2003 but still applies

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826318

Bob & Haggis,
First, let me apologise, I have given you mis-information, my bad.

I should have been relating to 'startup' and Not 'start menu'.
In startup is "Microsoft Office".(startmenu had the other two.)
In regard to F/F, I thought I had it disabled, but its been so
long since;
What is the general concensus here regarding having it ticked
in msconfig? or is there another view regarding removing it
from startup in ie?
Gekko
"Haggis" wrote in message
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"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Anyone know why MS Office is in Msconfig as a default after
installing office; and just what is it that Office does as startup?
(office 2000 and win98se in this case, if that is useful info.)
In my startup menu in ie, I only have 'New & Open' Office Document....
never paid much mind to them to be honest.
Gekko



you mean osa.exe ?

this is for office 2003 but still applies

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826318

"Gekko" wrote in message
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Bob & Haggis,
First, let me apologise, I have given you mis-information, my bad.

I should have been relating to 'startup' and Not 'start menu'.
In startup is "Microsoft Office".(startmenu had the other two.)
In regard to F/F, I thought I had it disabled, but its been so
long since;
What is the general concensus here regarding having it ticked
in msconfig? or is there another view regarding removing it
from startup in ie?
Gekko
"Haggis" wrote in message
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"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Anyone know why MS Office is in Msconfig as a default after
installing office; and just what is it that Office does as startup?
(office 2000 and win98se in this case, if that is useful info.)
In my startup menu in ie, I only have 'New & Open' Office Document....
never paid much mind to them to be honest.
Gekko



you mean osa.exe ?

this is for office 2003 but still applies

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826318





Gekko,

that osa.exe is in "startup" (I guessed about the other two you mentioned ,
they get added automatically to "start menu")
"Office Startup Assitant"

I have always just removed it from startup to keep the boot time down (it
takes an extra second or two to start an office app without it , no biggie
in my books)

msconfig is generally for troubleshooting , not for a final "fix" ..... I
remove F/F from startup and delete the database in control panel (normally I
had taken great pains NOT to install it at all)

cheers!

Haggis wrote:


that osa.exe is in "startup" (I guessed about the other two you mentioned ,
they get added automatically to "start menu")
"Office Startup Assitant"

I have always just removed it from startup to keep the boot time down (it
takes an extra second or two to start an office app without it , no biggie
in my books)

msconfig is generally for troubleshooting , not for a final "fix" ..... I
remove F/F from startup and delete the database in control panel (normally I
had taken great pains NOT to install it at all)

Jumping in he I have it in Startup as well. I could disable it by
unchecking it, but how do I remove it *permanently* from the startup axis?

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"Nigel Stapley" wrote in message
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Haggis wrote:


that osa.exe is in "startup" (I guessed about the other two you
mentioned , they get added automatically to "start menu")
"Office Startup Assitant"

I have always just removed it from startup to keep the boot time down (it
takes an extra second or two to start an office app without it , no
biggie in my books)

msconfig is generally for troubleshooting , not for a final "fix" .....
I remove F/F from startup and delete the database in control panel
(normally I had taken great pains NOT to install it at all)

Jumping in he I have it in Startup as well. I could disable it by
unchecking it, but how do I remove it *permanently* from the startup axis?

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Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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Nigel , actually ..good question, this has been suggested (but did not work
for me)

1. Open MSconfig and click on the startup items tab
2. Open Regedit and navigate to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Sharedtools/MSconfig
3. Compare the list of registry keys under startupfolder and startupreg with
their counterparts in msconfig.
4. Delete the keys which are no longer valid.

I am looking into this ...there should be a reg key to delete "somewhere"
....check back :

OFF97: What Is the Office Startup Application (OSA) and What Does It Do?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165071/en-us

Frequently asked questions about the Office 2000 shortcut (OSA9.exe) in the Windows Startup menu
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210875/EN-US/

OFFXP: What Is the Osa.exe File and What Does It Do?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290144/EN-US/

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"Nigel Stapley" wrote in message ...
Haggis wrote:


that osa.exe is in "startup" (I guessed about the other two you mentioned ,
they get added automatically to "start menu")
"Office Startup Assitant"

I have always just removed it from startup to keep the boot time down (it
takes an extra second or two to start an office app without it , no biggie
in my books)

msconfig is generally for troubleshooting , not for a final "fix" ...... I
remove F/F from startup and delete the database in control panel (normally I
had taken great pains NOT to install it at all)

Jumping in he I have it in Startup as well. I could disable it by
unchecking it, but how do I remove it *permanently* from the startup axis?

--
Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
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OFF97: What Is the Office Startup Application (OSA) and What Does It Do?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165071/en-us

Frequently asked questions about the Office 2000 shortcut (OSA9.exe) in the
Windows Startup menu
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210875/EN-US/

OFFXP: What Is the Osa.exe File and What Does It Do?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290144/EN-US/

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Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




"Nigel Stapley" wrote in message
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Haggis wrote:


that osa.exe is in "startup" (I guessed about the other two you
mentioned ,
they get added automatically to "start menu")
"Office Startup Assitant"

I have always just removed it from startup to keep the boot time down (it
takes an extra second or two to start an office app without it , no
biggie
in my books)

msconfig is generally for troubleshooting , not for a final "fix" .....
I
remove F/F from startup and delete the database in control panel
(normally I
had taken great pains NOT to install it at all)

Jumping in he I have it in Startup as well. I could disable it by
unchecking it, but how do I remove it *permanently* from the startup axis?

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Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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I think Ramesh has something : (for XP ...I would think very similar in 98
link below)

I found all mine under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices


http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MSCONFIG.htm

Haggis wrote:


Nigel , actually ..good question, this has been suggested (but did not work
for me)

1. Open MSconfig and click on the startup items tab
2. Open Regedit and navigate to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Sharedtools/MSconfig
3. Compare the list of registry keys under startupfolder and startupreg with
their counterparts in msconfig.
4. Delete the keys which are no longer valid.

That's where I thought it would be - but I've just gone to those parts
of the registry, and there's no key for it there, or anywhere else
relevant for that matter (only things like installer and MRU entries).


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Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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