How to disable the builtin spelling checker? (MsSpellCheckingFacility.exe)

Question

Whenever I type something in Facebook the response is very laggy / sluggish. All my (dutch) words are underlined with red because Windows doesn't recognize them. I think the builtin spelling checker is responsible for this, because this process appears in Task Manager after I start typing > MsSpellCheckingFacility.exe

How can I disable this behaviour?

Answer 1

Hello, I'm a Belgian so I share your language. And I've had the same Facebook problem.
Open up the Metro UI -> Click on your user thing in the right top corner & choose "Change user tile"
Then go to General and in the spelling options, disable spell checking.

Regards,

Dylan Meeus

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Answer 2

What version of Windows 8 are you running, x64 or x86? I don't have that option in x86.

Answer 3

My windows is 64-bit; are you maybe running a touchscreen keyboard?

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0x2B |~ 0x2B Blog : www.it-ca.net/blogdylan

Answer 4

I have just a regular Dell laptop.

Answer 5

Hello Roel,

I have a 32-bit computer and when I go to the General settings, I do have the Spelling information.
I think it has more to do with the language settings than with whether your computer is 32bit or 64bit.

I haven't tested this, but you might try changing your time zone and see of you get the spelling settings back. "
Then disable it.
Then change back to the correct Time zone.

Let us know if this helps.

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Marilyn

Answer 6

Nice one Marilyn, after changing all regional and language things to English (United States)  and no other languages and rebooting afterwards the Spell Check option was there!

I disabled both spell check settings but Internet Explorer keeps on checking my spelling when I type and MsSpellCheckFacility is still visible in Task Manager.

 

Answer 7

You can try and rename the MsSpellCheckFacility.exe to MsSpellCheckFacilityold.exe and it would not execute.
However, it would affect all spell check when working with the Operating System.

Thanks,

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Marilyn

Answer 8

Great minds think alike Marilyn ;-)

That was the only other option I could imagine so I've already renamed the file and now it works! When typing into Facebook my words aren't spell-checked but I don't care, I 'never' make typos.