I would appreciate someone responding to this post.

Can anyone explain to me why a NEW account that has 'Administrator'
privileges not be able to view videos in IE7 the same as the Administrator
account?

My problem appeared unexpectedly.  I previously had an account that had
'Admin' privileges, and then all of a sudden I was unable to view videos in
IE7.  I tried all of the various suggestions offered by Adobe (uninstall
Flash, run sublnACL, etc.) without success. Totally disgusted, I created a
new account with 'Admin' privileges.

After moving files and settings as outlined in various KB articles, I had
SUCCESS; but only for ONE day.  Upon logging into IE7 the next day, I was
presented with the same problem I originally had; not being able to view
video, and not being able to download files from the Internet.

I've done all of the things that might be suggested; virus scans, spyware
scans, deleting temp files, deleting history files from IE (weren't that
many for one day) etc. and still no joy.

The irony is, I can run IE7 from the new account as 'Administrator' and
everything works great.  I can log into the Administrator account and
everything works great!  The problem is, I can run IE in my new account and
have it display videos or download files.

One would think that if there were a block in the firewall, it also would
affect the Administrator account as well, so I have ruled that out.  I am at
wits end as to why this continues to happen.

Is there something about my original account that causes a problem (since I
copied all of my settings, etc.), or does one really have 'Administrator'
privileges when they become a member of the Administrators group?

I really would appreciate someone shedding some light as to what is going on
here.  This is driving me crazy.

System:

XP Pro SP2 Up-to-date

IE7

ZoneAlarm AntiVirus

Spybot Search & Destroy

Flash Player 9.0.124.0