Kensington Universal Docking station now more or less working: mouse and keyboard functioning, screen does not go black and the onboard software does not want to install itself (for now anyway) and I can close the lid and when I open it again I still have a working screen ! So far so good.
However... the ethernet will NOT work today, where it worked just fine yesterday. Of course plugging the internet cable directly into the laptop solves this but still....
Suggestions are welcome...