Matt, I don't know if this is a cause and effect for your situation, but within the last week Adobe Flash was autoupdated on my laptop. This autoupdate apparently did not work because while I could get online to FTE, I could not read any threads. Just showed a blank page.

I had to manually download the Adobe flash update and reininstall, problem solved.

I am pretty sure the next thing I noticed does not apply to your tablet. I have the SAME issues on my laptop when I use IE8, 64bit, browser. FTE works great with IE8, 32bit, browser. Go figure.