No worries Richard, I was being a little bit sarcastic. I could guess from your reply that you must have been a teacher, hence the 'lecturing' quote, without even looking at your profile Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. I have worked with academics for about 18 years and used to them coming to me for help, it is not often I call out for help but I was stumped.
I was just hopeful that people here on Moodle forums might come back with possible techie solutions rather than a discussion of Linux distros. It's all good now, my bosses will be pleased that everything is back in working order and I can resume the mountain that is my outstanding workload waiting for me on Monday.
Apologies for my bluntness, I guess I can be a straight to the point kind of person.