Dell XPS 7100 Problem with toolbars disappearing on Internet Explorer 8

I have never had this problem before but I have a new Dell XPS 7100 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit and whenever I am on Internet Explorer 8 and have my 2 added customized toolbars, AOL and Google, and when I open IE, both toolbars are there, however when I click on a new tab in the same window, 1 by 1 the toolbars disappear and the only way to get them back is to go back up to the view button and reclick next to the AOL and Google toolbars.  I have called Dell on this and they have not been of any help.  Please someone let me know if you have a clue as to what is doing this.  FYI, I also have installed Mozilla firefox with the same 2 customized toolbars and it only gives me this problem on IE8, not Mozilla.  My last computer running windows XP never had an issue like this with all of the problems it did have.  Please someone help me!

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