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Removing and reinstalling IE seems a drastic step to have to take. That seems to indicate there was some setting within IE that was the cause of the problem. If it were to happen again I think I'd go revert to the default settings on all areas and see if that might happen to correct the issue.
Failing that, I'd run a HJT log and scrutinize it for anything out of the ordinary. But then again, I'm not one to go for the quick fix on things either. If a reinstall of IE fixed it, that could certainly be faster than hours of time that may or may not yield anything.
I've had automatic updates to Windows which caused my IE to completely malfunction, and indeed once I did have to uninstall and reinstall it to get things working again. I will say however that at the time, it affected far more than just my IM's or browser and I believe it was related to how Symantec corporate handled the critical updates.
I'm glad to hear that you did get it working though!
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