>>Follow the brilliant advice of Microsoft tech support: Reboot! :)
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>>The IE Browser is so closely tied to the OS, and who knows what happens when you have more than one type of browser open on the same computer? Be sure that your browsers are set correctly.
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>It is actually a good point. I saw several times with this computer a message "the system has recovered from the serious problem"...

I hope that the computer has medical insurance! :)