Oh, oh wait, I just got it fixed: I noticed some kind of "connection diagnostic" on some odd segment of IE, and I ran it, and it worked... :/ It said there was some problem with something.
Well, thank you both for your help nonetheless. If I have a problem that isn't stupidly basic, I'll come back here :)
EDIT: But in my own defence, the diagnostic tool was oddly located!
Okami
To lavish praise upon this title, the assumption of a common plateau between player and game must be made. I won't open my unworthy mouth.