Guys,

Just to let you know that this resolved itself ;D, I left the program running overnight and here is an extract from the log

04.01.2008 22:48:20.0000 General stopped: 04.01.2008 22:48:20
servername.local
05.01.2008 00:54:53.0000 general started: 05.01.2008 00:54:53

Out of interest, whilst I do not have the problem anymore, can anyone give any indication as to why it took so long for the ADNM console to configure the MSDE engine and finish the installation ???

Thanks