GrooveMonitor.exe

[Peter T]

I suspect that GrooveMonitor.exe is responsible for making general use of
Office 2007 extremely sluggish (in a relatively old XP system). If I unload
it from the task manager before starting Office everything subsequently
seems to run much faster.

I gather the solution is to uninstall it from Add/Remove programs. Obviously
the feature would no longer be available, not that I've ever used it, but
would appreciate any other comments that I should be aware of.

Sudden thought, would it be possible to remove it from start-up with the
possibility of manually starting it should I ever need it.

Regards,
Peter T

[Gregg Johnston [MSFT]]

Hi Peter,

GrooveMonitor would not be responsible for computer sluggishness, and the
only way to remove it is to uninstall Groove as a part of Office 2007. If
you do not want Groove to automatically start, then open up your Groove
account and go to Options > Preferences > Options and deselect that option.\

Gregg

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"Peter T" wrote:

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[Peter T]

Hi Gregg,

Thanks for the response. I will check more rigorously how responsible, if at
all, GrooveMonitor is responsible for sluggishness, certainly my impression
though.

I have never created a Groove account. When I start Groove I am presented
with a choice to create a new account or use an existing account. To date I
have just pressed Cancel to exit the dialog, which terminates Groove. Are
you saying I need to create an account before I can access the options to
deselect the startup option.

Regards,
Peter T

"Gregg Johnston [MSFT]" <GreggJoh...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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[Gregg Johnston [MSFT]]

Hi Peter,

You can also select to have this not run at start up by running msconfig in
Windows XP or Configuration Manager in Windows 7.

When you cancel out of the account creation process, the groove.exe process
is still running, but is not active.

Gregg

"Peter T" wrote:

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[Peter T]

Thanks for that Gregg.

I am not as confident now that GrooveMonitor.exe is responsible for the
sluggishness, and if not apologies for any slur. Still not sure though, it's
proving very difficult to pin down.

> When you cancel out of the account creation process, the groove.exe
> process
> is still running, but is not active.

In the big scheme of things not a major issue, but why does it need to start
until an account has at least been created.

Regards,
Peter T

"Gregg Johnston [MSFT]" <GreggJoh...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

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