Problem with IE 11 mshtml document.

I have two systems that are identical.  When I run the following code in powershell.  The Document is mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass.  But when I run the same code on the other system.  The Document is System.__ComObject.

Why is the Document different on the other system.  When I try to do a getelementbyID.  It works when the document is of type mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass.  But it fails when document is of type System.__ComObject. 

I have the same version of IE version 11.  The same version of powershell version 3.0.

$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate("http://localhost:8129/default.aspx")
$ie

Application          : System.__ComObject
Parent               : System.__ComObject
Container            :
Document             : mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass
TopLevelContainer    : True
Type                 : HTML Document
Left                 : 125
Top                  : 47
Width                : 1701
Height               : 984
LocationName         : Beyond TV
LocationURL          : http://localhost:8129/default.aspx
Busy                 : False
Name                 : Internet Explorer
HWND                 : 4392126
FullName             : C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Path                 : C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\
Visible              : False
StatusBar            : True
StatusText           :
ToolBar              : 1
MenuBar              : True
FullScreen           : False
ReadyState           : 4
Offline              : False
Silent               : False
RegisterAsBrowser    : False
RegisterAsDropTarget : True
TheaterMode          : False
AddressBar           : True
Resizable            : True

$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate("http://localhost:8129/default.aspx")
$ie

Application          : System.__ComObject
Parent               : System.__ComObject
Container            :
Document             : System.__ComObject
TopLevelContainer    : True
Type                 : HTML Document
Left                 : 397
Top                  : 307
Width                : 1200
Height               : 674
LocationName         : Beyond TV
LocationURL          : http://localhost:8129/default.aspx
Busy                 : False
Name                 : Internet Explorer
HWND                 : 1116142
FullName             : C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Path                 : C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\
Visible              : False
StatusBar            : False
StatusText           :
ToolBar              : 1
MenuBar              : True
FullScreen           : False
ReadyState           : 4
Offline              : False
Silent               : False
RegisterAsBrowser    : False
RegisterAsDropTarget : True
TheaterMode          : False
AddressBar           : True
Resizable            : True