Thanks for the replies from tiscando and Technical.
I am reinstalling the PICAXE program on a new HDD after a crash.
OS is Windows XP home.
I think I tried to to do UDSCHED and the update manager method before, but I kept getting messages that my startup had been changed! Worse than the VSM updater!
When it was checking for updates, it never asked me to install any updates in any case!
Sorry about the long message!
Regards to all.