I guess this may have something to do with the location of the favicon, but I notice that your code doesn't have the / before favicon.ico
Yours,
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" >
the original:
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="
/favicon.ico">
Can't be sure this is the answer though.
Paul Dodman
e-business consultant
Lumino Internet
luminointernet.co.uk