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Ctfmon.exe

What does "ctfmon.exe" in windows XP do?

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amindiary Answered:

Ctfmon.exe monitors the active windows and provides text input service support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other alternative user input technologies.

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yellowbag Answered:

As already stated here ctfmon.exe Ctfmon.exe monitors the active windows and provides text input service support. Don't uninstall it! Here is the full information from Microsoft which should answer your question. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

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mworley Answered:

"Ctfmon.exe activates the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor (TIP) and the Microsoft Office Language Bar" - microsoft

do not remove it. it is vital to all office apps and some other microsoft software. among other things it acts as a helper for the language pacs.

you can disable it from running when office is closed. see this page

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

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kitt Answered:

ctfmon.exe is a process belonging to Microsoft Office Suite. It activates the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor (TIP) and the Microsoft Office XP Language Bar. This program is a non-essential system process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.