And the winner is......
TCS!!!!!!
The updated driver for the network adapter solved the problem, but let me tell you something. When the only internet connection you have is on another computer that doesn't have a floppy, whose network connection is unavailable, and whose CD-burning program has gone tits up, and you have just given away your memory stick to your daughter with the other lappy for a 21st present as she disappears to Sydney, it's unbelievable how complicated it can be to get a downloaded file from one computer to another!
Thanks folks, as soon as I got the new driver installed, whoosh! Up came the network connection. Wonderful things these computers, just lucky I've got nothing better to do with my life than spend days at a time in front of them!
