Look folks the question is about IE not about the alternatives. It's like Scott is saying "My Ford broke down, how do I fix the brakes" and you lot are saying "Buy a Chevy instead".

I'm an IE6 user too, now running with XP SP2. Trouble is I've never used the media bar! I'll have a look at this when I get home.

There's a microsoft page which may help: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/preferences/media.mspx