I cannot re-install IE6 because the installed version came with Windows XP,
SP2, and is a later version than that to which I have access.

I can use IE properly for most general surfing, but when I try to view
certain events, such as feedback in secure pages from my ISP, the page is
blank. If I place the cursor in a frame and select VIEW, ENCODING, then
select BALTIC (windows) then the page becomes visible. The same happens in
OUTLOOK.

If I restart the computer and IE6, then OUTLOOK can now view content from my
ISP, but IE6 still shows balnk pages, until I individually change the
ENCODING of each individual frame I want to view. Refresh also makes the
page dissapear.

I have tried checking (ticking) the FORMATING -> AUTO DETECT, but that makes
no difference. I have even tried overwriting all files in the Internet
Explorer directory from my other computer, also running the same version of
WinXP, but nothing changes.