Howdy Norm
I tried your idea and IE 6.0 was checked so I unchecked it but I still had the same problem. What I did notice in the control panel though is that I have 2 icons for Java. I may have loaded it twice by mistake. Would this be a possible cause for the problem?
This problem is driving me nuts because I can't download anything. Are there any other things I might be a ble to try?

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