Windows Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.62, by Dr. Herong Yang
Removing Microsoft Office OSA9.exe as a Startup Program
This section provides a tutorial example on how to remove Microsoft Office OSA9.exe as a startup program from the startup folder.
The next startup program to look at is the Microsoft Office OSA9.exe. This startup program comes with the computer system.
Based on the HijackThis report, Microsoft Office installed OSA9.exe as a startup program in the global startup program folder:
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
It looks like that OSA9.exe is not running all the time as a background process. It was executed at the system startup time and it then terminated itself later. When I check the current running processes, I don't see OSA9.exe in the list.
Do I need to run OSA9.exe as a startup program? I don't think so. Based on the information on the Internet, OSA9.exe is a process that helps you to launch common Microsoft Office components to help speeding up the launch of Microsoft Office programs. So I am removing quickstart.exe as a startup program.
1. There is no need to end OSA9.exe process, because it is not running.
2. Using Windows Explorer to local the startup up alias: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Microsoft Office.
3. Select and delete this alias.
4. Restart the system. Microsoft Office OSA9.exe is not in the startup program list anymore.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Microsoft Windows
Introduction to Windows Explorer
Introduction to Internet Explorer
"Paint" Program and Computer Graphics
GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
JPEG Image File Format Quality and Size
GIF Image File Format and Transparent Background
"WinZip" - ZIP File Compression Tool
"WinRAR" - RAR and ZIP File Compression Tool
FTP Server, Client and Commands
"FileZilla" - Free FTP Client and Server
Web Server Log Files and Analysis Tool - "Analog"
Spyware Adware Detection and Removal
IE Addon Program Listing and Removal
Vundo (VirtuMonde/VirtuMundo) - vtsts.dll Removal
Trojan and Malware "Puper" Description and Removal
VSToolbar (VSAdd-in.dll) - Description and Removal
Spybot - Spyware Blocker, Detection and Removal
Setting Up and Using Crossover Cable Network
Home Network Gateway - DSL Modem/Wireless Router
Windows Task Manager - The System Performance Tool
"tasklist" Command Line Tool to List Process Information
"msconfig" - System Configuration Tool
Configuring and Managing System Services
Windows Registry Key and Value Management Tools
►Startup Programs Removal for Better System Performance
System Extremely Slow - Bad Startup Programs
Getting a List of Startup Programs Using HijackThis
Startup Program Configuration - System Registry
Startup Program Configuration - User Startup Folder
Removing ApacheMonitor.exe as a Startup Program
Removing BaiduX.exe as a Startup Program
Removing OpenOffice quickstart.exe as a Startup Program
►Removing Microsoft Office OSA9.exe as a Startup Program
Removing GoogleUpdater.exe as a Startup Program
Removing NetZero exec.exe as a Startup Program
Removing YahooMessenger.exe as a Startup Program
Removing GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe as a Startup Program