As I stated at the start, after upgrading IMP and then trying to to a blades update, i had to remove somethings to get the blades update working :/
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:e-smith-php ########################################### [100%]
[root@stypel home]# /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
[root@stypel home]# whereis service
service: /sbin/service
[root@stypel home]# /sbin/service httpd-e-smith restart
Shutting down http: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[root@stypel home]#
Thanks so much for your personal time and help,
sabu