Internet explorer ...

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a.menu    {font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #9c9c9c; display:block; background-color:9c9c9c;font-size:15px; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration:none; }
    a:link.menu          { font-size:15px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; }
   a:hover.menu         {border:1px solid #444444;background-color:#8b8b8b;color:#000;}

<table style="width:86px;height:214px;text-align:center">
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">Home</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">News</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">Wars</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">Members</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">Forum</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">G&auml;stebuch</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">Fight Us</a></td></tr>
         <tr><td style="height:35px"><a href="members.htm" class="menu" style="padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px">Intern</a></td></tr>
        </table>

Hat einer eine Idee warum man im Internet explorer bei Home über den Block fahren muss, um den Hover-Effekt zu erzielen und bei den anderen Stichpunkten über die Schrift?