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by ogosh

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I removed Office 2000SBE and installed Office XP STD. Outlook express generates "AN error occurred while the spelling was being checked" error when you check spelling. It worked ok w/Office 2000, how do I get it to point to OfficeXP for spellcheck?

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by thechas

Which version of Windows, and which version of IE?

I would not be the least surprised if Office XP only works with IE 6.

You may need to re-install OE.
That should get it to find the installation of Office XP, and enable the spell check function.

Chas

by thechas

Okay, what about Office XP service packs?

Microsoft's site is loading very slow for me tonight. Looking at the details for OXP SP2, I see that there is a new spell checker in the update.

I will take a look at a W98 box with OE6 on it, and see if I can get any hints as to what settings to modify to get your spell check working.

Chas

by thechas

I browsed through the registry on a W98 box, and could not find the links for integrating spell check into OE.

They must be there, I just couldn't find them.

Are you shutting down ALL programs when you install either?

The only things that should show up in task manager when installing software are:
Explorer and Systray.
Anything else could interfere with the installation.

Chas

by fred07

There are compatability problems with anything that M$ has that says XP. With any other OS they do not work correctly. Dump XP office and go back to 2000.

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