custom drop down menu bar crashing IE

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<div class="tborder" style="padding: 1px">
	<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="thead" width="100%">
		<tr align="center">
			<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td id="ratio" nowrap="nowrap" width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=stats">Ratio: $ratio[ratio]</a></span> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("ratio"); </script></td>
				<td id="mystuff" nowrap="nowrap" width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mystuff">My Stuff</a></span> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("mystuff"); </script></td>
			</if>
			<td id="whatsnew" nowrap="nowrap" width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpieces">What's New?</a></span> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("whatsnew"); </script></td>
			<td id="whatspopular" nowrap="nowrap" width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=poppieces">What's Popular?</a></span> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("whatspopular"); </script></td>
			<td width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]">Browse</a></span></td>
			<td width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="submit.php?$session[sessionurl]">Submit</a></span></td>
			<td id="creativeglobalsearch" nowrap="nowrap" width="$navbarwidth"><span class="smallfont"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]">Search</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("creativeglobalsearch"); </script></span></td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</div>

<if condition="$show['popups']">
	<if condition="$show['member']">
		<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="ratio_menu" style="display: none;">
			<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mystats">Pieces Posted: $ratio[pieces]</a></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mystats">Reviews Posted: $ratio[reviews]</a></td>
				</tr>
			</table>
		</div>

		<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="mystuff_menu" style="display: none;">
			<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=favourites">My Favourites</a></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=subscriptions">My Subscriptions</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?do=member&user=$bbuserinfo[userid]">My Gallery</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </td>
				</tr>
			</table>
		</div>
	</if>

	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="whatsnew_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
			<tr>
				<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpieces">Newest Pieces</a></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreviews">Newest Reviews</a></td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</div>

	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="whatspopular_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
			<tr>
				<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=pop&amp;orderby=views">Top Viewed</a></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=pop&amp;orderby=rating">Top Rated</a></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="browse.php?$session[sessionurl]do=pop&amp;orderby=posts">Top Reviewed</a></td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</div>

	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="creativeglobalsearch_menu" style="display:none">
		<form action="find.php" method="post">
			<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
				<tr>
					<td class="thead" colspan="2">Search</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
						<select name="searchfield">
							<option value="title" $searchfield[title]>Title</option>
							<option value="author" $searchfield[author]>Author</option>
							<option value="text" $searchfield[text]>Text</option>
						</select>
					</td>
					<td>
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="20" style="width:175px" />
					</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite" align="center" colspan="2">
						<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
						<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
						<input type="hidden" name="formuserid" value="$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
						$gobutton
					</td>
				</tr>
			</table>
		</form>
	</div>
</if>

any idea why?