Para/spanners - thanks for the replies.
Connect it up to the pc
is a tricky one as the Sky+ box is in Southern England and the Vista laptop PC is in Florida.
All the viewing of programmes recorded on thje Sky+ box is done over the internet.
I did see, in the link from Para, the suggestion that Windows Movie Maker could be configured to "grab" the internet signal - I'll try to look into that aspect.
Any other thoughts in the meantime?