Internet Explorer Cant find Element

I am having a problem where the RPA bot cannot find the element I want it to interact with. 

this is the exception message

[WARN] 2021-11-10 21:27:27 14s (0h) - Inside LoginWM catch : Exception:org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to find element with xpath == //input[@name='userID']
For documentation on this error, please visit: www.seleniumhq.org/.../no_such_element.html
Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'vwapndv010', ip: '10.188.216.27', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: internet explorer, browserVersion: 11, javascriptEnabled: true, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: WINDOWS, platformName: WINDOWS, proxy: Proxy(), se:ieOptions: {browserAttachTimeout: 0, elementScrollBehavior: 0, enablePersistentHover: false, ie.browserCommandLineSwitches: , ie.edgechromium: false, ie.edgepath: , ie.ensureCleanSession: false, ie.fileUploadDialogTimeout: 3000, ie.forceCreateProcessApi: false, ignoreProtectedModeSettings: false, ignoreZoomSetting: false, initialBrowserUrl: http://vwq9wmsqa7/wmweb/, nativeEvents: true, requireWindowFocus: true}, setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify}
Session ID: 7bbd1d4d-6979-47ed-a2e5-bf3decbfdff7
*** Element info: {Using=xpath, value=//input[@name='userID']}

Could it be a problem with the driver?