After having a lot of compatibility issues between Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and StarDock Object Desktop, I installed Windows XP x64 edition. This is so far working OK. I have a bunch of issues with Object Dock though. Definitely not designed with secure computing in mind.
Today I was trying to download the beta from Adobe using IE7 64 bit edition. Since I did not have an adobe id, I needed to create one. On the first page I entered my email id, check the button that says “create one” and clicked the next page button. IE says it cannot display the page. I tried several times before I installed the already downloaded copy of Opera. Opera is not perfect. I am having trouble right now with wordwrap in opera.
But it did not have a problem registering at adobe and downloading the beta. I went back to IE7 and I still have the same problem. So, it was not a temporary problem with adobe site.
Remember, this is a problem with IE7 64 bit edition. Have not tried with IE7 32 bit edition.