Sachida,thanks again for the help,yes,the game on running the exe from the desktop was trying to run the patch,from ea,having gone back to a "restore point" before installing the patch,things are better now,that patch is a problem. It seems to hang about,even when un-installed,for example go to run/regedit on your xp, go to software and you will see a "hb studios" entry and a cricket 2002 "v1,06" entry in your system. This is the patch.
As I say,things looking up now,thanks for the offer,if I have any more problems I will post again on here.
As I say,things looking up now,thanks for the offer,if I have any more problems I will post again on here.