to fix your IE problem, right click on the taskbar. then click properties, then click the start menu tab, next click customize, on the bottom of the window select the check box where it says internet, choose your default brower.
next open up IE and click tools, then internet option, click the security tab, set all zones to there default levels. next click the advanced tab, reset that to its defaults. then click the general tab clear your temporary files out, cookies, and offline files.
see if that helps you...
