[AccessD] A97 and Axp coexisting in peace

Hi,
I have had hell the last week recovering from an Windows XP 
crash.... will not go into details....

But I have two questions, I hope you can help out with:

1) Working in the code window in A97, VBA no longer 'works' 
properly..... when doing a dim statement like
dim strText as ..... 
at that point the different datatypes are not prompted. 
Instead MS comes to the rescue and says 'terribly sorry, but 
we have to shut down' etc. 
I know under certain circumstances the two versions of VBA 
of A97 and Axp are not happy coexisting....
Question is : How do we get them 'reconciled' and happy 
living together again????? Any help appreciated...
I can start up Axp and work with VBA apparently with no 
problems, (apart from my own coding errors ;) ....

2) Second question: The replacement media I got from MS is 
WindowsXP including Service Pack 1.  Any 'pitfalls' 
or 'gotchas' with the install of the service pack 1 ???
I seem to remember from the exchange on the list that 
service pack 1 somehow effects adversely Outlook Express 
(attachments!?)

Thanks,
Borge