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What is osa.exe?

Part of Microsoft Office XP by Microsoft

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How is osa.exe loaded?

All users start menu folder - The shortcut file osa.lnk is added within the all user's Startup folder (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) that points to the executable osa.exe. The startup folder contains applications that automatically start when any Windows user logs in.

User start menu folder - The shortcut file osa.lnk is loaded in the user's Startup folder (%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\) that points to the executable osa.exe. The startup folder contains programs that automatically start when Windows starts for the logged in user.

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What is the community is seeing?	What is the community is doing?
About 0.2% of all Boost users have the osa.exe file.	Of the 0.2% of osa.exe users, 90.0% have disabled it.

Typical file (disk image) location:

C:\Program Files\microsoft office\office10\osa.exe

What else is related?

msoffice.exe (Microsoft Office XP by Microsoft)

excel.exe (Microsoft Office XP by Microsoft)

msxml4a.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)

msxml4r.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)

msxml4.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP 2 by Microsoft)

freecell.exe (Entertainment Pack FreeCell Game by Microsoft)

wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)

prodaiintl1033.dll (ProdAddInIntl by Microsoft)

mimectl.dll (Microsoft® Exchange by Microsoft)

msvcp60.dll (Microsoft (R) Visual C++ by Microsoft)

rstrui.exe (System Restore Application by Microsoft)

dismhost.exe (Dism Host Servicing Process by Microsoft)

bcmsqlstartupsvc.exe (Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 by Microsoft)

msonsext.dll (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)

encwcbar.dll (Microsoft Encarta by Microsoft)

workfolderssvc.dll (Microsoft® Work Folders Service by Microsoft)

appreadiness.dll (AppReadiness by Microsoft)

ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)

microsoft.biztalk.brmacontrols.dll (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)

ssoconfig.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)

webfarmservice.exe (Microsoft IIS Extensions by Microsoft)

tfsjobagent.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.131072)

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1.2600.196608)

Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6001.65536)

Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)

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