Access 2002 won't start

[Chris Holmes]

When launching Access, I'm getting error message stating "a problem
occured while Microsoft Access was communicating with the OLE Server or
ActiveX control." After dismissing dialog box, another one pops up in
its place, etc. - preventing me from using Access. Any idea what
causes it?

I've had this message before (long time ago), when opening database
developed in Access 2000. I converted the database to 2002, and that
solved it. Now Access won't start at all. The only thing I've done
recently was to install IE7.

Any leads appreciated.