> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I know that this defies all the laws of computer operation, but it's not
> on
> the program list when I go to Add/Remove programs. So, my computer tells
> me
> it's not there, but there it is running on task manager.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>

>> Well, it must be installed on the machine if it's running - perhaps
>> you've just never used it. Have you tried simply going to Control Panel
>> | Add/Remove Programs and uninstalling it? (assuming you don't want it)
>>
>> --
>> -Ben-
>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
>> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
>> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>>
>>
>>
>> "ElizaDoolittle" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:09ABE872-C591-44D9-88D1-3CABFE8AA846@microsoft.com:
>>

>>> Why does OneNote show up on my Task Manager as a process running when I
>>> have
>>> never installed it?
>>>
>>> Why, when I clicked on OneNote.exe, does it ask me to input my ID
>>> number (as
>>> if I were installing a new component of Office) yet OneNote shows up on
>>> my
>>> Task Manager as running?
>>>
>>> Why, when I attempted to run all the OneNote files through a file
>>> shredder,
>>> do I get an error message that first says "unable to shred this file,"
>>> and
>>> then when I look at those files, there is nothing in them? Yet they
>>> still
>>> show up in a search for files with the word OneNote in the name.
>>>
>>> Lastly, when I try to use the file shredder to delete two Prefetch
>>> files
>>> with names such as Prefetch.exe.20C20F4E, I get an error message that
>>> says,
>>> "Failed to delete file, Access is Denied." I have full admin
>>> privileges, am
>>> running the computer as Admin. When I opened that Prefetch file in
>>> NotePad,
>>> I get interesting code at the bottom of that file. I will be the first
>>> to
>>> say I don't know what I am looking at, and I would appreciate the
>>> wisdom of
>>> anyone who can expla
>>>
>>> D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T
>>> E M 3
>>> 2 \ N T D L L . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \
>>> W I N
>>> D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ K E R N E L 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H
>>> A R D
>>> D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ U N I C O D E
>>> . N L
>>> S \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y
>>> S T E
>>> M 3 2 \ L O C A L E . N L S \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M
>>> E 1 \
>>> W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ S O R T T B L S . N L S \ D E V I C
>>> E \ H
>>> A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ P R O G R A M F I L E S \ M I C R O S O
>>> F T
>>> O F F I C E \ O F F I C E 1 1 \ O N E N O T E M . E X E \ D E V I C E
>>> \ H A
>>> R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ U S E R 3
>>> 2 . D
>>> L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S
>>> Y S T
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>>> H A R
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>>> D L L
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>>> \ / S e q u e n
>>>
>>> I have doubts about the security of my system that stem from constantly
>>> encountering an expired security certificate for the ActiveX control
>>> that
>>> installs the Windows Genuine Advantage system. I have wiped my hard
>>> drive
>>> several times, reinstalled everything, and fastidiously have Windows
>>> security
>>> updates and other virus and security protection.
>>>
>>> I apologize for the length of this email. Thanks to anyone who can
>>> offer a
>>> solution or solace about this.

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