What is OSA9.exe

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Hi,
What deos the tiny program (OSA9.exe for Office 2000) Microsoft Office sticks in the startup folder do? Is it safe to get rid of it? Does it consume resources?

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JR

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The OSA9.exe file does the following:

* Initializes Automation

* Initializes some of the common fonts installed by Office 2000

* Handles certain commands (New Office Document, Find Fast, Open Office Document, Help, and Screen Saver) on the Start menu and on the Office Shortcut Bar

* Displays Microsoft Outlook notifications when the Office Assistant is available .

Click here for details from MS KnowledgeBase.

JH

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Dust Puppy! Welcome from another User Friendly fan.

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Hi Charlotte,

Thanks, but what’s a “Dust Puppy”? Am I missing something here?

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The little guy in your picture is Dust Puppy from http://www.userfriendly.org[/url%5D. If you aren’t putting me on and just came by the graphic accidentally, tune in and get a few laughs.

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Ok, Charlotte, I think I understand. I have been having come problems with my Userpic and tried to change it to something else this afternoon. On my screen, however, I still see my old Userpic, not the new one.

Interesting that apparently you can see the new one and I can’t.

Where the new one came from I don’t know – I found it in a list of graphics somewhere – but it sure looks like your Dust Puppy.

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Hi:
John told you what it’s for. I’d just add that I disabled Find Fast & took osa9.exe out of startup. It does use resources. After I boot, the first time I load Word, Excel, or Access, it takes about 4 seconds. After that, it loads in just over 1 second. That’s without osa. I never noticed any improvement in speed in any Office program when I used it.

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I agree with Phil. I don’t think that OSA does anything useful these days – it was probably of value in the olden days when computers were slower and needed all the help they could get.

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