BOAC, thank you thank you THANK YOU! problem solved. The link to the patch that cuts off user links to various applications (1) was the one I needed but along the way, I found a handy bit of software (2) which has resulted in my PC running noticeably quicker. All in all, a great day at the office! Oh, I did search (honest I did!) but I reckon I was entering too many words to get the results I needed
(1) From BLUE SKY THINKER
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en.
(2) From frostbite
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3120-...eck&tg=dl-2001
(edited to repair the links)