I can't seem to find anything on the web about this. I just noticed that IE8 does not load .png images AT ALL. (box with red X in it)

This isn't the ongoing saga of transparency and alpha channels folks! I mean ANY .png file from ANY website will not load in my install of IE8. All other browsers are ok (FF, Opera, Chrome, and Safari)

I've confirmed the default file association in Vista for .png files is the Windows Picture Viewer and they load just fine in that program.

Anyone heard of this problem before? Any Suggestions?

Thx =)