Sorry Corey - I have now loaded
2.5.13 got rid of IE8, installed IE7 and initialized the database as instructed - and guess what...
ALL IS FINE - clock runs smoothly and everything is working just as I want it.
I did try ver3 with IE7 and it also runs smoothly so the problem is IE8
However there is still a problem with seating players in v3 - I made sure that:
'Auto seat' was unchecked
'Automatically randomize seating at final table' was unchecked
'When moving players, seat players as close to seat 1 as possible' was checked
On a 9 seat table I entered 5 players and it put them in seats 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
I'm glad we've sorted v2 out - I think TD(v2) is a great program but v3...
Maybe I should just buy a new Laptop - nah 1MB memory and 80GB HD - enough for any man - I remember the ZX80 - ZX81 - Spectrum - aahh happy days!!!
Thanks again for the help
JB