CSS hover property alternative for IE

CSS Hover property doesn't seem to work in IE but works fine in Firefox. So what can be the workaround for the following code for IE?

a#aUpdateZip:hover , a开发者_高级运维#aCancelZip:hover { 
    text-decoration:underline; 
    font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; 
}

You could always use JQuery? Add some nice hover effects? For example...

    $("#aUpdate").hover(function () 
    {
        $(this).stop().animate({"color": "#000000"}, "medium")
    }, 
    function () 
    {
        $(this).stop().animate({"color": "#ffffff"}, "fast")
    });