Kimmydawn could you try something for me...go to start menu open control panel...find add/remove programs...then find microsoft internet explorer 6 with sp1 and internet tools...highlight this file and click on add/remove radio button...a box will come up with some choices for you...1)Add a componant...2)repair internet explorer...3)reinstall previous version of IE...we want the second one...repair internet explorer...give that a shot and then try downloading IE 7...if this doesn't work then let's go ahead and reinstall whatever version of IE you had previously...this should be IE5...which is fine for now...try going and downloading IE6 right onto your desktop...if you can then reinstall IE6 and then try downloading IE7 again...I hope something here works for you...I have a few more ideas but lets try these first...okay