Microsoft KB Archive/221437

= OFF2000: Task Scheduler Is Turned On After Installing Office =

Article ID: 221437

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q221437



SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade to Office 2000, the Task Scheduler may be started. This occurs even if the Task Scheduler was turned off prior to installing Office.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you install Office and you choose to install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, or you already have Internet Explorer 5 installed.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, turn off the Task Scheduler after you install Office. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Right-click the Task Scheduler icon on the taskbar.
 * 2) Click Open.
 * 3) On the Advanced menu, click Stop Using Task Scheduler.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB221437

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