Why isn't my favicon appearing in IE7/8?

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Published on 2010-05-28T18:25:30Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 18:42 UTC
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Page of interest: https://www.gsb-yourbank.com/test/

ICO file: https://www.gsb-yourbank.com/test/favicon.ico

My favicon is a 16x16 resolution, 16-color ICO file. It will not appear in IE 7/8 no matter what I do! I've tried everything I can think of, including:

generating the ICO with a variety of different utilities,
changing the syntax of the favicon link elements in the document head,
using absolute, relative, and root-relative URLs in the favicon link elements,
using a PNG instead of an ICO file,
ensuring that I am uploading the file via FTP in binary mode,

As a longtime web developer/programmer, I can't believe that this is tripping me up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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