Recent content by Rick777

6 year old Averatec laptop, Windows XP Home Edition. I have run virus and malware programs, then Disk Cleanup many times and it will not delete 256 KB of WebClient/Publisher Temporary Files. Why can't I delete these temporary files? Is it a virus or malware? Should I disable...

Thanks Nickbits on your quidance I deleted the folders. So far so good. Cheers!

Howdy! 6 year old Averatec laptop, Winows XP. I did virus scans and Disk Cleanup, then I did a *.tmp search which found about 20 .tmp FILES which I deleted and now my computer runs much better. It also found 4 .tmp FOLDERS (folders not files): fvir.tmp folder sdel.tmp folder...

I fixed it - there was a more current version of the driver so that fixed the problem. Thanks!

2004 Averatec 3225HS-20 Laptop My wireless was cutting out so I disabled "Microsoft Zero Configuration" and let my Ralink Configuration Utility (with updated RT2500 driver) manage my wireless connection. Now my wireless works better, but the RT2500 utility window pops up every time I start my...

I don't want people to know when and if I've read the emails that they sent me. How can I tell if they used an "email read notification" on an email they sent me, and how can I read the email without triggering the notification that is sent back to them? Thanks!

I'm not sure which of those numbers are referring to which application... I need it spelled out for me. I am an idiot. I found the info on another site that sells my optical drive... it says my cd-rw is 10X. Thanks, maybe I'll need that nero thing at some point. :D

Will it give read/write speeds for my optical drive? (like 24X10X24X8X ?)

That's a different model # - are you sure the specs and speeds are the same?

My Averatec 3225HS-20 laptop has a Quanta Storage SBW-242B DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive. How do I get specs for this drive? Like the write speed etc...? I checked in system information, on the hard drive itself, and on the Averatec and Quanta Storage websites. The laptop was built in 2004 so...