well that good, i ran belarc, it updates my pc and then nothing happens.

am i right in guessing its meant to bring a report up?

Yep, should

not for me :-), it checks security settings, get to about 60%, pauses and then nothing appears

found this in a log file in the installtion folder:

Start time: 07/05/2008 21:55:57
Advisor Version: 07021802
OS Version: 0a280105
Language: 409/809/0
0.000 : 0% -
0.044 : 6% -
0.049 : 12% -
0.051 : 18% -
0.054 : 24% -
0.057 : 30% -
0.061 : 36% -
0.063 : 42% -
0.358 : 48% -
0.380 : 54% -
1.860 : 60% -
2.312 : 66% -
4.030 : 72% -
4.140 : 78% -
4.300 : 84% -
4.707 : 90% -
4.740 : 96% -
6.819 : 100% -
6.831 : End

but no report afterwards

Interesting..Well, do you know what the make of your motherboard is? You can just look at it, should say on it somewhere

fixed it :-).. firefox was my default browser which is on my external hard drive which was turned off

It should bring up a web page with info on it?


Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit

Click on download tab.

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It is all in the hardware..........................................
Sources:
http://www.microsoft.com/en/gb/default.aspx
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/Home/
http://www.petri.co.il/index.htm

PCHF Rules Scan Computer for Driver Updates Pre-Work

Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7211 4.1
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 06/20/2006

i done that scan, is the info i provided what you needed?