How to remove osa9 error

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osa9.exe file information

The process Microsoft Office 2000 component belongs to the software Microsoft Office or Microsoft Office 2000 Premium or Microsoft Office 2000 SR- or Microsoft Access 2000 SR- or Microsoft Office 2000 Standard or Windows Media Encoder 9 Series or Microsoft Office 2000 Small or Microsoft Excel 2000 SR- or Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Word 2000 SR- or OSA9.EXE or Microsoft Office Standard or Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR- or Windows Media Connect or Microsoft FrontPage 2000 SR- or Microsoft Office Access Setup by Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com).

Description: osa9.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" - e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 65,588 bytes (98% of all occurrence), 69,891 bytes, 16,384 bytes, 69,632 bytes.
The program has a visible window. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). It is not a Windows system file. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. Therefore the technical security rating is 7% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If osa9.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 then the security rating is 64% dangerous. File size is 47,351 bytes (40% of all occurrence), 47,863 bytes, 46,327 bytes. There is no file information. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The file is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. osa9.exe is an unknown file in the Windows folder.

If osa9.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows then the security rating is 72% dangerous. File size is 163,892 bytes. The application has no file description. The program is not visible. osa9.exe is an unknown file in the Windows folder. File osa9.exe is not a Windows system file. osa9.exe is able to monitor applications.

External information from Paul Collins:

• "Microsoft Utility Startup" is not required to run at start up. Application which launches common MS Office components to help speed up the launch of Office programs. It's somewhat of a resource hog, and some users claim there's no difference with or without it but it usually isn't required. Note - if you make use of the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar outside an office program this application will need to be enabled for it to show

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as osa9.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the osa9.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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  RAJ   (further information)

osa9.exe takes alot of CPU speed, thus slowing the computer.
  Jabez Gitonga (Kenya)  

Osa9.exe is part of Microsoft Office 2007, and is automatically started at logon. Sometimes it crashes shortly thereafter. It may cause open windows to lose focus repeatedly shortly after logon (annoying but not dangerous).
  ES  

The OSA9.exe file initializes the shared code that is used by the Office 2000 programs. The benefit of using the OSA9.exe file to initialize shared code is that the Office 2000 programs start faster. If the Office 2000 programs initialize shared code (instead of OSA9.exe), the time it takes for the program to start increases.
  maddcow  

Initializes some of the common fonts installed by Office 2000 among other things. Can be safly removed, but will effect preformance.
  Torey   (further information)

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