Hi.
Decided to do a new complete install of xp.
With nothing else installed, just bare xp, the test results are similar.
Maybe someone can pick something out of this:-
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\JimC>tracert
www.bbc.co.uk 212.58.224.123
Tracing route to www23.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.123]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms BelkinModem.Belkin [192.168.2.1]
2 75 ms 45 ms 44 ms brnt-bam-1.inet.ntl.com [62.253.189.142]
3 109 ms 113 ms 117 ms brnt-t2core-b-ge-wan64.inet.ntl.com [213.105.199.209]
4 93 ms 59 ms 86 ms bre-bb-b-so-330-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.61]
5 137 ms 118 ms 119 ms bre-bb-a-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.86]
6 138 ms 192 ms 163 ms redb-ic-1-so-010-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.106]
7 127 ms 97 ms 129 ms 212.58.238.189
8 92 ms 89 ms 86 ms 212.58.238.133
9 139 ms 102 ms 112 ms www23.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.123]
Trace complete.
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So it doesn't appear to be anything I have installed.
Thanking you for your support.