>It says that the microsoft help system is corrupt and
>also gives sugestions on how to fix it.

Ahh, right, re-registering the application as given on the second page did 
the trick. Don't know what screwed that up, but it looks like it never 
installed properly in the first place, as I haven't had occasion to use the 
help before.

Many thanks.

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