Sitting in front of it was a good idea! XP Home has a feature I do not see in Pro. The file was flagged in 'properties' as having come from 'another computer' and was therefore 'blocked'. Unblocking did it. What is this feature and why does my machine not produce it? Cannot find anything on Google at the moment.
Next problem is he has(had) no less than THREE firewalls running!!! Windows, MacaFee and BT Yahoo Internet whatever that is. I have turned off Windows FW and left him with the other 2 as I cannot see how to ditch the BT Yahoo one. Is that the correct decision, and if so, how do I kill the Yahoo?