Why can't FF successfully set itself as my default browser?

Firefox 3.6.10 is unable to successfully set itself as my default browser.
I'm running Win7/64 Enterprise SP1
FF is set to check itself on startup, and each time reports that it is not the default browser, do I wish to set it so? I say "yes", but am asked next time anyway.
If I then shut FF down immediately, then restart it, I am asked again.
FF has an option to "check now" whether it is the default, under the Tools->Options->General tab.
Clicking "Check Now" brings up that same dialogue.
I click "Check Now", am told FF is not the default, do I want to set it so? I answer "Yes", the dialogue is dismissed.
I then click "Check Now" again, and am again told that FF is not my default. (Yes, I am Administrator)
Under Default Programs, FF is designated to handle FTP, HTTP and HTTPS protocols, and to open .htm and .html filetypes.
As far as I can tell, FF acts as if it is the default browser. Why is its own check for same always coming up false?
What does FF '''really''' check, if not the protocols and file associations?
How can I make this stop?

I already was administrator and general sysgod of my computer.
I was provoked into trying related things at random, and here's what I came up with as a workaround:
If you go into Control Panel->Default Programs -> Set Program Access and Defaults, there are three radio-button options: Microsoft, Non-Microsoft, and Custom.
(Custom was already selected)
With the Mozilla Options->Advanced window open, check the "Set as default browser", then click the "Check Now" button. It will report that FF is not your default browser, etc. Ecce quaestio, and all that.
Back to "Set Program Access", click the "Non-Microsoft" button. Close it.
Back to FF, and try "Check Now" again. Now it says "FF is already your default browser".
Now RE-OPEN Control Panel and get back to "Set Program Access and Defaults". It's back to "Custom". But FF is apparently satisfied that it is the default now. Let's see if it stays that way.

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