@ reverend,
i entered my location,no issues what-so-ever.

@ efc,
i have used firefox ages ago and didnt particularly like it,
the issue is not with IE as such.
ive used IE for as long as i can remember without issues,only over the last 2 to 3 weeks has there been issues.
so,firefox is not an option for me.

once again,
thanks guys.

if the worst comes to the worst,ill re-format,
not a big problem re-formatting,i usually do it every few months anyway.