You should always start your own new thread and not latch onto another
outdated one.

Get rid of Vampirefo via Add/Remove Programs. Restart your machine. Other
than the spell check, is everything back to normal?

If so, close all other programs except the download site. Click on Download
and Save, (do not Run), the program and save it to a folder on your HDD. My
Documents is fine.

Now, with *all* programs closed, right click on your anti-virus icon and
disable it. Open the saved download and install it now. When you're done,
close any open windows and restart your computer.

Open OE and try it now. Any difference?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Lu" wrote in message
...
I did the download of Vimpirefo. It looks like the language is set to
English but now when I try to send a message the "send" button fades and
the
program locks up. Help.

Lu
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Office 2007 breaks OE's spell check. Downloading a free spell check is
the
simplest way around this.

Some free spell check programs.

Vampirefo:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

TinySpell:
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

Or from this blog:
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80

After installing Office 2007 RTM, you dont have English as a choice of
language in the spell checker of Outlook Express and potentially other
programs.


a.. Office 2007 is replacing the v.3 English Proofing Tools that
shipped
in prior versions of Office with a new version (v.6). There are a number
of
changes in this new version, but the one that is causing this problem is
that Outlook Express doesn't understand the new English Proofing Tools.
This
is a problem because Outlook Express has never shipped with its own
proofing
tools but has used the ones shipped by Office.
b.. There are a few scenarios in which you won't run into this problem:
a.. An upgrade from Office 2003 or earlier to Office 2007 RTM if you
don't manually uninstall the earlier version of Office.
b.. A configuration in which Office 2003 (or earlier) has not been
removed.
For example, I have Office 2003 still on both of my computers, and I
still have English in Outlook Express.
c.. The workaround for this problem is to install the English
dictionary
from Office 2003 (or Office XP). There should be no need to install all
of
Office just the dictionary. The English Proofing Tools can be found in
the
Custom Install tree under Office Shared Features|Proofing Tools|English.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dell Boy" Dell am wrote in message
...
I've just installed Office 2007 Home and student Edition on a Windows
XP
Home
SP2 PC with latest updates and the Language (Tools-Options-Spelling) in
Outlook Express 6 SP2 has now changed to French. It is not possible to
change
language becasue French is selected but greyed out.

The Primary Editing Language in Office 2007 is English United Kingdom
and
English United States is also in the Enabled Editing Languages list.

Can anyone give any suggestions?