>Just now I chose to Hide the stupid Office 2000 Assistant for the umpteenth time......and I got the following dialog:
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>"You have chosen to hide the Assistant several times ... would you like to permanently turn it off?"
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>Yes! Yes! Whoo-hoo!!!!!

Don't expect it to go away forever! It's just sleeping...

After a while it awakes and the following dialog appears: "I've been away for a long time ... now I'm back for good!".