That's unfortunate.

You can download IE from the Microsoft Website

If you don't find it in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386, go to
C:\WINDOWS\inf

You are looking for ie.inf

Try these articles:

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/iecrash.xml

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000020300.xml

Or install the latest JRE
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Just a wild shot in the dark, but did you change your ZoneAlarm preferences recently?

This might be a firewall problem.

Ah...I see.

I did a little further investigating and found this:


If your Privacy Settings on your firewall (ZoneAlarm) do not allow animation, you won't be able to enjoy them. To "unlock"...

scratch that xoft thing. Just post the files that are loaded on startup.

If that doesn't work, go to start->run and type in msconfig

press enter

click on the startup tab and post the file names listed under commands here.

I'm specifically looking for ...

Do you have SP2 installed?

I'm going to assume you do, since you stated you are up to date with all updates.

Here are a couple of things to try:

Go to Start->Run and type in
sfc /scannow...

It's not your browser, it's the settings in the quicktime player. The real fun is that you can't view Flash files, either.

Open the Quicktime Player, got to Edit->Preferences->QuickTime...