PROBLEM UPDATE:-

Hi All/Andrew.

Windows 7 was telling me I have the latest drivers so I went to NVidia and downloaded the latest driver for my graphics card ATI Radeon HD 2600XT. Installed it and it does appear to be a later version and the problems have been solved. Superb. I have to fully test it but just tested the 3 problems I mentioned above and at the moment all is fine.
Many thanks Andrew I wish I had asked for help 2 weeks ago instead of struggling.
Thanks All.
Jeff