Hello Richard,
Many thanks for the quick reply and advice..........
RAM 256.
I don't have Norton at all............. NOD 32 is the AV system and only box of tricks I have (apart from ZA and ADAWARE, and PanicWare's "PopUp Stopper").
There was nothing in any other Schedule that I could find.
The HDD is partioned into 2; my main working area has 8.1 GB free.
Whilst there is a Network card installed.... it is inert; nothing is plugged into it going anywhere.
There was a "check mark" (tick) against "Lock the Taskbar" - I have followed your instructions and having set another 'restore' point' and since then there is no more "chuntering".
Your advice and clicks must have sorted it out !
Many thanks indeed.......... you sure know your stuff ( I regularly read your replies to other guys PC problems).
Take care
TG
PS : If I disable the "Restore" function now, will it hold on in memory the previous 'points' or dump the lot and wait till it's reactivated and start afresh?