I know how that goes. Maybe you'll luck out and it'll be a problem that others have had so they'll understand it right away.
Heading off to church in a little bit, so I'll check for your post when I get back.
I have spent coutless hours with tech support at my ISP on this... and searched the MS Knowledge base... and I don't see anything close. No one has heard of it, and that is what is most frustrating.
In short... my browser is sending me to random pages in never never land.