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Turn Off Startup Task Pane

By Neil J. Rubenking

I couldn’t seem to get rid of the Startup task pane (or pane in the neck, as I came to call it) in Microsoft Word 2003 after I upgraded from Office XP. I kept trying the obvious way: select Tools | Options and uncheck the Startup Task Pane box, but it never worked. The box was always unchecked, but the task pane kept appearing.

Here’s how: Launch Regedit from the Start menu’s Run dialog, then browse to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\General.

Look for a DWORD called DoNotDismissFileNewTaskPane. Double-click it and change its value to 0. Now the task pane will not automatically open when you start Word.

It’s not clear why Microsoft would implement a Registry value that would override the checkbox in Word, but you can easily demonstrate that it’s true. If your installation of Word always displays the task pane at startup, regardless of the Options setting, this value may be the culprit. For those running Office 2002/XP, the fix is exactly the same, but with 10.0 replacing 11.0 in the Registry key.

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Eliminate IE’s AutoComplete Reminder

By Neil J. Rubenking

Q: AutoComplete some people like it, some don’t. Those who don’t like it turn it off. Those of us who turned it off are now constantly being prompted to turn it on. By now, we despise it! How do we turn it off completely, with no more pop-ups asking us to turn it on?

A: It does seem that Internet Explorer really wants you to use AutoComplete. On a system with AutoComplete turned off, it will prompt you from time to time, asking to turn it on again. A Registry tweak will prevent IE’s “helpful” reminders. First, close all IE windows. Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu’s Run dialog. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel. Note that this key may not be present in its entirety. You may need to create the Internet Explorer and Control Panel subkeys. In the right-hand pane, look for a DWORD value named FormSuggest it will probably not be present. In that case, right-click in the right-hand pane and choose New | DWORD Value from the pop-up menu. Name the new value FormSuggest. Whether you found it or created it, double-click this value and set its data to 1. That should terminate the annoying reminder.

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