Do you have an older version of Office (versions 95 through 2003)?
Installing the proofing tools from one of those (you can leave Office
2007 installed) should restore the English spell checking in OE.
Installing Office 2007 uninstalled the older spell checker which is what
has confused OE.

As for the error you are getting with alternate spell checker, you might
be missing a DLL file or have some registry configuration errors.

Take a look at these:
How To: Fix spell checking in Outlook Express 6
http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_010.html
Spell check not working in XP Outlook Express
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/spellcheck.htm

Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"CB" wrote in message
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Hello,

I, like apparently many, have French as the only option for Spell
Check.

I then went to install Vampirefo. Rebooted, ran OE, and while I guess
I
have English, I get a pop-up error:

An Error occurred while the spelling was being checked.

I can go into Tools / Options / Spelling, I see English (US). I can
edit
custom dictionary (it's blank). Everything looks fine...other than it
not
working. Should I uninstall Vampirefo and try the next option?
Something
else I can try?

What if I uninstall Outlook 2007? I'm guessing no luck as the damage
is
done, but I won't be using it anyhow.

thanks,
CB