Ok, when I check the status of the running config it reports 'running config has been changed and needs to be saved'.......................would this be a result of those changes I did last week when my browser bombed out during saving?
Having checked the logging, every record seems to be 1990 (I got fed up after 10/15 pages)
Also, when I control-c out of logging and typed 'logout', it asked if I wanted to save the configuration although I hadn't changed anything (all I'd done was view logging)