help with web page text boxes in vista ultimate

[Tzzird]

I can type in the textboxes in this forum just fine. But on both my computers that have vista installed, I cannot access the text boxes in my online course blackboard site using internet explorer, only with mozilla. Take a look:



A friend suggested installing java off the website. I did. It still doesn't read. Any ideas? I've tried it on a few xp computers and it works fine.