Cannot send OL 2007 email from Office 2007 App if OL is not runnin

[Jim]

If OL 2007 is not open as an active application and I try to send a document
from an Office 2007 application (e.g., Word, Excel) as an email attachment
using the Office App command sequence [Office Icon] > Send > E-mail, the
Office App hangs (perpetual whirly circle) and has to be terminated with Task
Manager. If OL 2007 is running then that command sequence works fine. (A
draft email opens with the App document attached.)

I'm using Office / Outlook 2007 and I'm pretty sure that SP-2 is installed,
but I can't figure out how to confirm that. I'm using Vista but I can't
figure out how to determine what version.

Any suggestions (besides trying to remember not to do that if OL 2007 is not
running)?

Thanks.