Well folks,
I tried everyone's helpful suggestions and unfortunately, all of the relevant boxes were already checked for all the different flavors of Java.
My next step was to swap machines. This
posting is written on a
laptop under XP. Same IE; Same Norton. The
laptop goes back to the
boat with me in two weeks time, so I think I may just blow off the problem on the tower until I get back from the 2006
cruise. Thank you all for all your
advice.
Ed
BTW, In case it is not obvious, the formatting works on this machine!?!