XPost: microsoft.public.word.newusers   
   From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Wed, 25 May 2016 06:58:43 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >   
   > How does one use the Microsoft Autoruns?   
      
   The tool includes an offline help for detailed usage. In short, it shows a   
   list of various locations in the system (categorized by tabs, and   
   sub-categorized by violet background colored list entries [the sections])   
   that could be used by unwanted applications. Each entry has a checkbox on it   
   to disable it. The list has multiple columns which shows the entry name/ID,   
   application file's description, application file's company, full file path,   
   and file date.   
      
   Before you do anything, I'd suggest saving the original data via menu   
   File->Save so that you can restore it later if you screw up. Check the ones   
   whose file description contains the word "Office" and the company is   
   "Microsoft". Leave the others untouched.   
      
   >>> It seems to have installed a mysterious floating icon with a   
   >>> microphone on it, and I wonder what that is and how I can get rid of   
   >>> it -- perhaps it is slowinf things down looking for a microphone when   
   >>> my computer doesn't have one. Does anyone know what it is and how to   
   >>> disable it?   
   >>   
   >>Perhaps you can take a screenshot and post it to imgur.com?   
   >   
   > I doubt it would go viral!   
      
   Who knows, it may go viral because it's an Unidentified Floating Icon.   
      
   Anyway, that's not what I meant. That icon can be anything and a picture is   
   worth more than a thousand words. So, perhaps by showing how the icon looks   
   like, someone here may recognize it and debunk the UFI.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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