Thank you, but after an afternoon of agada, my husband and I worked it out. Somehow a double "Favorites" file had been created... one empty, one with my links. Niether were in the correct path for Internet Explorer to find them. I had been fighting with this problem for four weeks now and had been through the hoops with Microsoft, Earthlink and Comcast... live chat, e-mails and phone calls (Did I mention that I have Vista?). It was a 'by chance' that we discovered the solution.
I will, however, continue to seek answers at this forum since the other sources have proven to be dead ends.
Again "Thank You"
Daiza Diva