Is there a conflict between Word XP alternate user & thinkpad'

[AnnieMS]

I have Word XP [v10.0.6626.0] installed on a Thinkpad X41 running WinXP tab ed SP3. I get frequent messages that Word is trying to install the speech recognition component - that I cancel - and then the message that it can't find the files. I haven't figured out what triggers the message but it seems to happen when I alt+tab from Word to another application and I find it trying to install when I return. There is no association with my using the handwriting functions of the tablet in Journal, but I wondered if there was some conflict between Word XP, Office's "alternate user input" and the tablet's ink functions [because speech recognition would be an alternate user input, I think].

I do have ctfmon checked in msconfig's startup tab. MS's Experience Pack for Tablet PC came installed, but I've never found any of the applications included useful and I unchecked them from msconfig. There's an Ink Art program from Ambient Design program and an Alias Sketchbook Pro program installed that I've never had time to try out so they're never in memory. I haven't found any lenovo/IBM services/programs related to the ink function, so I think the tablet's ink function is part of the tablet OS.

I've tried to keep Word updated, but the MS Office Update site has been confusing rather than helpful and I don't know if Word is sufficiently up to date or not. Word also crashes frequently despite 1.49 GB RAM, but not in relation to the "installing speech component". Are there any known problems w/ Word XP and WinXP tab ed?