Internet Explorer 32-Bit has stopped working; 64-bit and Firefox w

I am running Windows Vista 64-Bit and have been using Internet Explorer fine
since it came out. A couple of months ago it just stopped working all of a
sudden, as thought I wasn;t connected to the internet, but my email client
etc all worked fine. I tried reinstalling, resetting to default settings,
running without ad-ons, and nothing worked. I installed firefox and this
works, also 'Internet Explorer 64-bit' works, but flash, windows media
player etc do not work in this version. It tells me i have to run 32-bit. I
don't know how it happened so I presume it was due to an automatic update.
I have not been able to fix this problem for 2 months and any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks,
Nath

> ...I presume it was due to an automatic update.

How have you come to that conclusion, Nath?

Are you currently running Vista or Vista SP1? If the latter, did you
install SP1 manually or via Windows Update?

In no certain order:

How to troubleshoot network connectivity problems in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936211

How to troubleshoot Internet Explorer 7 issues in Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936215

How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213

Internet Explorer stops responding, stops working, or restarts (Guided Help)
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro
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Nath wrote:
> I am running Windows Vista 64-Bit and have been using Internet Explorer
> fine
> since it came out. A couple of months ago it just stopped working all of a
> sudden, as thought I wasn;t connected to the internet, but my email client
> etc all worked fine. I tried reinstalling, resetting to default settings,
> running without ad-ons, and nothing worked. I installed firefox and this
> works, also 'Internet Explorer 64-bit' works, but flash, windows media
> player etc do not work in this version. It tells me i have to run 32-bit.
> I
> don't know how it happened so I presume it was due to an automatic update.
> I have not been able to fix this problem for 2 months and any help would
> be
> appreciated.