Kill the Office Paperclip! I don't have to tell you how annoying that stupid little animated paperclip character is that pops up in Microsoft Office 2000 and Office XP, preventing mouse clicks until it's closed. Clippy (and all the other stupid little characters) are very easy to kill: Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in Control Panel. Locate Microsoft Office 2000 or Microsoft Office XP in the list of installed programs, and double-click it (in Windows Me/2000/XP, highlight it and click Change). When the setup window appears, click Add or Remove Features. For Office 2000, click the plus sign [+] next to Office Tools, and click the box next to Office Assistant; for Office XP, it's in the Office Shared Features category. From the menu that appers, choose Not Available. Click Update Now when you're done. That's it! None of those annoying characters will ever bother you again! Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Sunday, January 20, 2002 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 98] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (Marty Lippman: Wednesday, January 2, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (Derek Tay: Monday, February 18, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (JD Wright: Monday, June 3, 2002) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (William Ross: Thursday, July 11, 2002) [Windows 95] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (Meredith: Sunday, July 21, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (Steve Sales: Tuesday, September 17, 2002) [Windows XP] anyone want to Kill the Office Paperclip? (Adam Bradley: Thursday, November 21, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Kill the Office Paperclip!' (Serious: Saturday, July 12, 2003) [Windows 2000] Kill the help! (ceage: Thursday, January 20, 2005) Return to "Applications"