OH MY GOD ! HOW i havent thrown my PC outta the window is anyones guess !!! I have spent ,,,,, literally 7 and half hours tryin to sort this out , i tried EVERY step available and the thing that did it was disabling the add blocker in NORTON , which b t w I dont even use as its expired !!!

Phew !! fingers crossed it will carry on working !

Good luck guys...