Think it must be corruption of IE as RPlayer works when used direct on other things, and files on the site play ok via ftp.

RP does launch & play e.g. multimedia at www.deutschegrammophon/

Any ideas please?

XP with IE etc. preloaded when I bought the pc (kosher, big retail store etc., H-P Pavilion) so have no XP CD. Any ideas for online help to repair IE (if that's the answer) without the CD?

Thanks.