>That seems to have cured it Michael but I've lost all my history now - ah well thanks

That browser is known for corrupting some temp files which affects, from one point, the operation related to the same hit on a particular Web site. With most of the troubleshooting, usually this resolves the issue. I did not have to do that much for other browsers. I use it also most of the times and, even on other sites, I also have to clean it up on occasional basis, which is not a bad thing BTW.