OK... I have what may seem to be a "duh" question....
Your Windows 7 VM... are you minimizing it or disconnecting from your VM after you kick it off? Either of those two actions would result in TestComplete being unable to interact with the objects in the browser and with the objects showing up as not visible or not visible on screen.
Check this article here
http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/56552/ if that's the case and see if that corrects your problem.
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