Here is the problem:
In all office products (Word, Excel, etc) I cannot open hyperlinks. I can add a hyperlink (eg www.google.com) and click on it and the hourglass pops up breifly and nothing more. No web browser, nothing. Here is the system config: Windows 2000 SP3, IE, Office 2000 with all the latest updates on everything. The problem started occurring a few weeks ago (prior to SP3 install). I have repaired IE and Office. I have not gone so far as to format and reinstall.

Thanks.