Brian Harrap

Thanks everyone - tried all that - looks like its down to the shops..........

Speak to John, he got his debugged by a commercial company over the internet connection, seems to have improved matters. Otherwise, you could get your friendly local computer shop to remove the existing hard drive from your old machine and install it in a new machine, to run alongside a new solid state hard drive. I wouldn't advise anything newer than Windows 7, though. This is what both CTMK and I have had done recently, and it's a big improvement. CTMK did subsequently take the free...

In "RUN" type msconfig and enter. Go to the start up tab. De-select anything that isn't useful, so apple, HP etc. If you don't know what it is google it or leave alone.