AE Hook Launcher stopped working + AppleSyncNotifier + Outlook won't open

On my 32-bit VISTA (Dell XPS 1530), Microsoft Outlook stopped working. Office Diagnostics always declares no problems, but I continue to get "Antispam OE Hook Launcher stopped working" as well as the message that my applesyncnotifier is also unavailable. On my new Toshiba netbook, I installed a copy of Microsoft Office Basic 2007 and it works perfectly except that for the first week, Contacts/Address Book was unavailable and now the same thing -- no Ooutlook at all! I"ve just discovered this community and hope you can help me figure this out!