[Himanshu]

This process called sapisrv.exe is causing a lot of problems. Many programs like word, excel, IE freeze when I try to open them and only when this process is terminated they open. This process also slows down my pc and so I always close it whenever I see it running.
Sometimes, during shutdown, "sapi server application receiver" has to be forcibly ended using end now and then only the pc shuts down.

OfficeXP, Win XP pro.

Thanks

[Himanshu]

I think that this process is not required, but how do I permanently disable it?

[Himanshu]

Help

[cybertech]

From one of your previous posts

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\sapisvr.exe

Here it is. Try to uninstall from Control Panel the application that is using it.

[Himanshu]

I have no idea which application is trying to use it.

[cybertech]

Control Panel? maybe this will help.

I don't use XP but in W2K there is Accessibility Wizard which will add functions such as speech. Do you have that?

[Himanshu]

There is nothing related to speech uninstallation in add/remove programs. Anyway, speech recognition is a part of officeXP, so maybe something can be done from there.

What I want is to prevent sapisrv.exe to start automatically when no speech related applications are running as it takes away a lot of memory. It starts again after sometime even after being terminated. I do not want speech recognition uninstalled.

[cybertech]

Himanshu, Since you have discovered this to be part of Office I would suggest you have your thread moved to the Business Applications Forum. I think you'll have better luck with finding a fix there.

Click on the report url to make the request.

[Elvandil]

The Speech Application Program Interface Server is part of the advanced text services. If you don't use these speech-enabled services, you can turn them off.

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages tab > Details button > Advanced tab.

Check the box to turn off Advanced Text Services.

Or, you can do this on a per application basis by right-clicking the shortcuts, choosing Properties, and checking the box at the bottom of the Compatibility tab.

[Flrman1]

Moved to Business Applications as requested.

[Himanshu]

sapisrv.exe starts automatically when every IE window is opened. It rarely starts on its own when I am not connected to the net.

[~Candy~]

Do you have it associated to the wrong program per chance?

Can you turn it off via, start, run, msconfig, startup?

[cybertech]

Try booting to safe mode and rename it to sapisrv.old

How to start in safe mode

[Himanshu]

AcaCandy,
1) What do I do to check whether it is associated to the wrong program?
2) It is not listed in that startup list.

Cybertech,
I will rename it and be back soon with what happens.

[Himanshu]

Re-naming it did not help as another file named "sapisrv.exe" is automatically created.

A couple of points:
1) Speech recognition works only when sapisrv.exe is running.
2) I searched google for sapisrv.exe and a similar problem is discussed at (http://www.nxsupport.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1285)