Hi, Calipsy!
Please tell me about your IE version and OS.
And, would you try to remove following lines from
wordpress/wp-admin/templates/edit-form.html line6-14
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function focusit() {
// focus on first input field
document.post.title.focus();
}
window.onload = focusit;
//-->
</script>