NP, Art,
No.
I don't think their was a conflict as you suggest.
I have the Microsoft speech recognizer 8.0 on my Transformer (My 2in1) and Office isn't activated for the asistive readers and such.
I already had the Zabaware reader UN-installed before this occurred. I don't understand the original error.
Also, Ive never used a text editor for programming 5,6,or VS theirs no way to llbl btn and such, and to de-bug as you go along.
I guess the If, then and declaring globally kind of stuff would work, However their is a difference in 'schools of thought' on approaching something. Ive fortunately/unfortunately Ive always had Microsoft support w/programs and schooling.
-J