[Google-Desktop] Sidebar Woes Launching IE

I like the Sidebar a lot, but I have one problem which is making me
want to ditch it.

When I try to launch Sidebar content into IE, like a news story I want
to read the rest of, IE hangs until I put Google Desktop in non-Sidebar
mode. Then all those IE sessions I had requested pop right on up!

This problem started happening fairly continuously since I installed
the newer version from the Google Pack.

I have the latest version of ZoneAlarm Pro installed, but I have given
the Google*.exe programs sufficient access.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Tim