Thanks for responding.
I'm in Austalia. You read my mind...I have ordered the gold update in the hope that it will help. I am told that I will receive it in about 7-10 days from UK...I must have the UK version because the games is 1.00 version. I have managed to upgrade it to 1.10 but no further.
Anyway, my initial query remains - ie I have tried patching using both my primary and burner CD without success.
By the way, is the next patch 'ultimate upgrade 1' ?...and THEN 1.20, 1.30 etc ? Or do I now try to go straight to 1.20 ? yes, I am that much of a gumby when it comes to this stuff....
Regards, Michael.