I had the same problem, look here,
http://www.theeldergeek.com/oe_spellcheck.htm
About 1/2 way down the page is a link to a file, download and install it,
problem solved.
Greg



"Laurie Forbes" wrote in message
news:a8i6e.15409$yV3.5144@clgrps12...
Am hoping the computer types out there can help me with this problem. For
some unknown reason, the spell checker in my Outlook Express has started
returning an "Error Occured When Spell Checking" message (no other
information is given). I cannot find a reference to this error anywhere
in the docs and also cannot figure out how to delete and reload Outlook
Express (it seems to be built into XP). I have tried reloading XP (in
update mode) but that accomplished nothing useful.

Anyone have any suggestions??

TIA for any help..........

Laurie Forbes