IE9 APPCRASH on Windows Server 2008 x64 DWrite.dll

Hi all,

I have a DELL PE2800 running Windows 2008 x64.  All has been well with this system until recently.  I now get IE9 crashing when I try to browse to any web site. The problem details show thus :-

Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
  Application Name:iexplore.exe
  Application Version:9.0.8112.16450
  Application Timestamp:503723f6
  Fault Module Name:DWrite.dll
  Fault Module Version:7.0.6002.18592
  Fault Module Timestamp:4f4e2b13
  Exception Code:c0000005
  Exception Offset:00050e12
  OS Version:6.0.6002.2.2.0.272.7
  Locale ID:2057
  Additional Information 1:d00b
  Additional Information 2:3f907449ef9494ccf5a0201083c5b6ff
  Additional Information 3:f694
  Additional Information 4:6ea09d6828277d70d6d5c250d790931e

Application eventlog records :-

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thank you

Graham