Grretings Hamish,

Hope all other things are well with you.

Couldn't find any "nfcd.dll" on my own machine (sure it doesn't stand for "no frikkin' CD"?).

Best idea I can give you is to upgrade that system from Windows ME to XP. ME is/was a lousy product. If you've been having lockups and screen freezes that you've been blaming on individual programs - that's ME at work. XP is everything ME should have been and more. For once I've been delighted with a Microsoft product.

XP'll probably fix the CD problem on boot-up.