yes i did all of those. Still no luck.
So, Java Console was enabled in IE7?
If so, and you've done everything else...
You originally posted about having problems with Windows updates.
Maybe, we should start with this problem, first.
What are those problems?
We know that you said that you fixed the original Windows update problem but an explanation of that problem may shed some light on the current problem.
What was wrong, any error messages? How did you fix it?