OLE Server May Not Be Registered

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I have several databases made a couple of Access versions ago now upgraded and in use with Access 2003. There are fields in each where I paste pictures as embedded OLE objects. These pictures are created using Paint Shop Pro 6.1. All worked fine for years until the evening of September 28. At that point whenever I would try to paste a picture (always in .jpg format) I would get the following message:

"The operation on the OLE object failed. The OLE server may not be registered. To register the OLE server, reinstall it".

When I try a second time to paste a picture this message shows up:

"A problem occured while Microsoft Office was communicating with the OLE server or Active X control. Close the OLE server and restart it outside of Microsoft Office Access. Then try the original operation again in Microsoft Office Access".

I have done all of the following to no avail:

Restart PSP 6.1

Restart Acess

Restart my computer

Register triedit.dll

Register all the .dlls in the MSDesigners7 folder

Disabled AV

Repaired my Office install

Reassociated all .jpg files and derivatives to PSP 6.1

Remove and reinstall of PSP 6.1

Remove and reinstall Office 2003

My next step would be repair or reinstall my OS (XP Pro) or upgrade to MS Office 2007; all of which I really don't want to do at this point. Any suggestions about what I should try instead?

Thanks for any and all help,

Steve