I have downloaded a new modules folder and ftp'd it to replace the one I had. I reinstalled the modules I wanted and then placed my html pages into icontent - and then activated anf configured them .Set my start page to use module icontent and hey presto:
"you are not authorized to view this page"
(The web server uses IIS and I can't have apache because apparently you can't have IIS and Apache on the same server and IIS is used on other things on the server and cannot be removed)
(ps - I made a new thread so that the title reflected the problem )