IE7 default page ok, but navigating away on XP machine hangs afterbeing in standby mode

Hello,

This is strange, but after restoring my Windows XP sp2 from standy
mdoe to normal running mode, the default web page opens fine, but when
I try to navigate away from that page, either a link in the same site
or an external link, IE hangs. I have to restart my machine so I can
navigate to other sites, etc. I've searched for the past couple of
hours on MSKB, Google, various forums and newsgroups, and I see others
having similar problems, but not this exact problem. In any case, I am
a developer and need to use IE so using Firefox is not an option for
me. Can someone please offer a suggestion or (even better) a solution
to fixing this. I even checked IE7 fixes and downloads on the MS
support site but didn't see anything that relates to this problem.

Thank you,
Buster