Thankyou so much for your help guys.
I have run the program as administrator and it still doesnt work with my cable.
I downloaded the new drivers and used the chip checking tool and it turns out I dont have the 2303 chip in this cable. I have ordered the correct cable so I shall wait for that to arrive before investigating further.
One more question before I go, are the COM settings I posted before OK? Will they match up?
Bits Per Second: 38400
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control: None
Connection Type: Serial
PC Port: COM 6
Baud Rate: 38400
Time Out: 4 Seconds
Retries: 12
Thankyou once again guys
Dan