The file Microsoft Office XP component is the other name of the file osa.exe. The file is from the Microsoft Office suite. The software was owned and was developed by the Microsoft Corporation. The program is a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and etc. The file can by usually found in the C: Program Files folder. The usual size of the file is 51,984 bytes in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD). But the size of the file may vary when installed in different versions of Operating System such as the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The file is a trustworthy file and is digitally signed by the maker. This means that the file is not recommended to be removed by the user in the Personal Computer. But the user may have the option to remove the file by removing the entire software in which the file is associated with. The removal can be done by using the Add/Remove programs utility in the Control Panel.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. osa.exe. is used by Microsoft Office , If you shut down osa.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop osa.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Microsoft Office , from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed osa.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Office , or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if osa.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that osa.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Office