I've just installed Office 97 on a secondhand PC I've obtained running XP Professional.

If I try to create a shortcut from a document in either Word or Excel to the desktop I get the message:

"X - This action is only valid for products that are currently installed"

Also the spell checker works fine in Word, but when I try to use it in Outlook Express 6 I get the message:

"X - An error occured while the spelling was being checked"

Is this an XL issue (I have SP3) or an Office 97 issue?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Rod