Spell Check Win XP Home

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Gene

I am unable to activate Spell-Check in my current XP Home
program. Had no problem with my previous SpCk in Win 98.
What can I do to make this important (to me) function
active? Whould much appreciate a solution. Google
displays a whole bunch but I don't believe I'm a
competent judge. Was I mistaken to assume Spell Check
was included in XP Home when I purchased it?
 
Gene said:
I am unable to activate Spell-Check in my current XP Home
program. Had no problem with my previous SpCk in Win 98.
What can I do to make this important (to me) function
active? Whould much appreciate a solution. Google
displays a whole bunch but I don't believe I'm a
competent judge. Was I mistaken to assume Spell Check
was included in XP Home when I purchased it?
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What application -- not WinXP home, the operating system -- are you
using?

Outlook Express does not have its own spell checker and depends on the
dictionaries in MS Office/MS Word or MS Works. For more info on this
topic than you could possibly need, go to Google Groups and search for
"spell" in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
 
Expanding on Lem's answer, Outlook Express does not come with a spell
checker. It will use the spell checker from any of several Microsoft 32-bit
(Win95/98/NT4 specific) programs. If using Works 4.0, a registry change is
required (the spell checker included with Works 7 will NOT work at all):

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=137178
Microsoft Exchange Cannot Open Custom Dictionary

Reportedly, if you install the free trial version of some Microsoft products
such as Front Page or Publisher, and then uninstall them, the spell checker
will be left behind. There are also some shareware spell checkers that may
work, look here:

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

If you have one of the Microsoft products that supply the spell checker
installed, these articles might help:

Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238
Spelling Checker Does Not Run on Message in Outlook Express 5
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224176
Spelling and Grammar Options Not Available in Outlook Express 5
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=232950
OLEXP: Spelling Checker Canceled if VB 6 or Access 97 Running
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282807
OLEXP: Err Msg: An Error Occurred While the Spelling Was ...
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=253351

Restoring csapi3t1.dll file, a common problem with an XP upgrade:

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 Not Working in Windows XP
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/xp_oe.htm#xp_spell_checker

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