IE Security Problem

I have Vista Home Basic Office 2003 & use Outlook as email.

When I click on a link in my email all I get is a quick open and close of

IE. Then when I try to open IE using the Icon I again only get the quick open

and close. If I right click the IE Icon and click on Admin. I can open IE

that time only. I have used tools/internet options/advanced/reset and it will

work until the next time I click on an email link. It seemed to start after a

Windoes/office update (20 of them).

Mre recently I have unchecked the Protection Mode in IE and it has worked

for the most part. however, Outlook froze after I closed an attachment. I

think there is a problem between Outlook 2003 and IE.

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Ken