On Windows 98 in the "Windows" folder in the main hard drive there is a folder called "Temp". This folder appears to be taking up a lot of space (over 3GB). Could someone please tell me what it is for and if I can delete any/all of the files in Temp folder. I first thought this folder was for temporary files, but, when I run Disk Cleanup it says 0.00Mb for temporary files.
Lee - Derby - Fri Apr 19 19:08 2002
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Lee if you open the TEMP folder, right click select all, Right click again and delete. you may find some won't delete, because you are using them, just ignore them!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Apr 19 21:28 2002
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i have installed a vissioneer 4800 scanner but when i try to use it on photosuite by clicking on scanner(twain) it tells me that the scanner is not connected properly at the mains but i have checked and can't find a problem, can anyone help?
leanne - bath - Fri Apr 19 17:02 2002
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Leanne, get yourself to the Visioneer website, download the latest drivers. Then, on the same site, go to the Updates and patches page, where you should find an update for Photosuite. Finally, go to the Utilities page and download the diagnostic program
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Apr 19 21:55 2002
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Leanne, get yourself to the Visioneer website, download the latest drivers. Then, on the same site, go to the Updates and patches page, where you should find an update for Photosuite. Finally, go to the Utilities page and download the diagnostic program
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Apr 19 21:39 2002
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Can anyone tell me a good website that shows how to fit CDRW Drives and CDRW Combo Drives in detail, which explains some of the complicated hardware techinical language that might be used. I would be very greatful if someone could provide with this URL, thank you.
Peter Alden - North Somerset - Fri Apr 19 12:00 2002
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Peter, try this site, for CD/DVD Drive read cdrw drives
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Apr 19 15:36 2002
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I am a totally brand new silversurfer,bought computor 6weeks ago,havnt a clue as yet.A friend of my son installed everything,showed me the basics.Now Ive ran into one major problem that has instilled panic.Friend said he is coming back to help,but hes a busy lad. I have WindowsXP but its the DVD I have the problem with. Making a first attempt to play one,nothing happened. In a blind panic I started fiddling about,and believe somehow I have removed the capability from the system. My man gave me four alternatives to restore,including system restore,by going back in time but no joy.Have I done total damage? will it cost me a bomb to restore.Please someone help me. In addition to panic,also irritation,in the last few day BT keeping asking me to redial virtually every half hour.Dialled in only once upto this week.3rd and promise its the last one, what is this tiny icon that appears from time to time at the bottom right hand corner, a little 'no entry' sign and I'm looking at it now,Privacy Report.
George Ratcliffe - Choppington - Fri Apr 19 11:00 2002
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Hi George, Double click on your little no entry sign (Privacy report) and you'll see its for your cookies restricted sites. I even get on when I log on to web user.
Tony Jordan - Gt.Yarmouth - Fri Apr 19 16:24 2002
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Tony,nice one,thank you, another flap over,wish I'd found this site earlier.
George - Choppington - Fri Apr 19 21:02 2002
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p.s. to Hugh and Tony. Why does this page take so long to download,is it every one and his uncle are seeking it?
George - Choppington - Fri Apr 19 21:06 2002
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Hi George-don't panic- first of all you should go into start,program etc - to accessories hopefully you have PowerDVD installed or a similar dvd player- if you see it, click on it and your dvd disc will then be playable, have fun- bt asking you to redial every half a hour is par for the course especially in the evenings when everyone logs on- bt then cuts people off and you end up reconnecting- don't know about your no entry icon.
hugh - edinburgh - Fri Apr 19 15:14 2002
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Thanks Hugh for a speedy response,unfortunately that's part one of problem,Power DVD is no longer listed in accs. You cured one headache anyway about BT.I read a few horror stories that frightened me. The icon,its not there all the time,only on certain sites,its popped up again.
George - Choppington - Fri Apr 19 15:57 2002
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George, Go to Start | Search | Files and Folders and type in Cyberlink. I would imagine that it is in the C drive\Program Files.
Open it up and you should find PowerDVD in there.

Right Click on the icon, and then click Send to. Now click Desktop.

When you go back to your desktop, you should now have the PowerDVD icon back on there. If you double click on that, your DVD player should now start
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Apr 19 21:25 2002
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Ian: went for it as you said regret it tells me 'a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer'. At least it confirmed my fears,the decoder must have been there initially until I fiddled.I'll just have to be more patient and wait for my bbusy friend. Thanks for help.
George - Choppington - Sat Apr 20 08:02 2002
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George Did the PowerDVD Disk come with your computer?
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Apr 20 08:23 2002
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Ian, I'll be honest my man is a pro.PCs are his business.He came armed with a case full of discs and set to,wonderful to watch him at work,but never took notice of what he used.So, trying to answer your Q,the package contained A system/driver CD although the retailer had installed everything before leaving the factory. The disc tells me in certain circumstances I may be required to reinstall.Am very wary of using this in case I cause the mother of all c........ Is that any help to you.
George - Choppington - Sat Apr 20 14:26 2002
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Could anyone advise on where I can find estimated resale values for used company computers? The company I work for is closing down and they have offered us the choice of buying our Desktop PCs from them when we leave. However I think they are overcharging us. I want to know what would be a fair price.
Matt - London - Thu Apr 18 14:55 2002
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Your best bet would be to wander round a computer fair and see what people are charging there for, and then deduct about 20%. Alternatively have a look on the auctions sites like e-bay
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Apr 18 15:19 2002
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Hi. Hopefully someone out there can help me with this exasperating problem. I hadn't used my Mustek 600 scanner in months, but now when I try to acquire an image the TWAIN program keeps causing an invalid page fault in KERNEL32.DLL (I use Windows 98). It doesn't seem to matter which graphics program I use to acquire the image (I've tried using Ulead Photo Express and MGI PhotoSuite). I have re-installed the scanner software but to no avail. Will I have to re-install Windows to get any sort of functionality back? I REALLY hope this isn't the case!
Sharon Brindle - King's Lynn - Wed Apr 17 20:15 2002
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Sharon, I suggest you visit the Mustek lock up troubleshooting page
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Apr 18 09:39 2002
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Thanks, I'l try that and see what I can get. I couldn't find this page on the Mustek Web site when I looked!
Sharon - King's Lynn - Sun Apr 21 13:56 2002
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hi,my problem is with my search facility,it just does not work.whenever i want to search for a file or a folder i go to start/search/for files or folders and then the name and location and then search and it does nothing. today i was reading the latest issue of webuser(29)on problem solver windows password i have the same problem so i did as the answere suggested ie start find files or folders and type *.pwl this was supposed to find the password files but again it did nothing no results no error messages nothing.
mick tyrer - telford - Wed Apr 17 19:35 2002
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Do you have the "Search within subfolders" check box selected in the search window that comes up? If you don't do this then it will only search the top level of the directory, but not within any of the subdirectories. This may be why you aren't getting any of the results you're looking for.
Sharon Brindle - King's Lynn - Wed Apr 17 21:15 2002
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sharon, just found it under advanced and yes it is checked.
michael a. tyrer - telford - Wed Apr 17 22:46 2002
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hi sharon, I dont even have a "search within subfolders" check box in the search window
michael a. tyrer - telford - Wed Apr 17 22:43 2002
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Hi all, i am new to the computer amd internet world but i have one small problem. I recently purchased a digital camera so that i can download pictures to my pc but the camera comes with a USB connection but my PC doesn't have one. My question is can anyone tell is there any way i can conect it to my pc by means of an adaptor.My pc is reasonably old ( MESH ) i think 1994?? Thanks in advance.
Stuart Ferguson - Livingston - Wed Apr 17 13:35 2002
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I had a similar problem, and the simple non-techie solution was to buy a chip card reader that plug ed via my keyboard input - 2 seconds to install. Naturally you need to make sure the chip card reader can read your file format. cost me Ł24, easy to use.
Dafs - london - Thu Apr 18 10:31 2002
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Which version of windows have you got on your system? If it is Windows 95 OSR2, 98 or Me, you can get a USB PCI card from most good computer hardware retailers for about Ł15. If you are running Windows 95 and are not sure which version it is, right click you "My computer" icon and click properties. It is displayed on the General tab.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Apr 17 14:09 2002
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My HP Pavilion currently uses a Pentium 2 derivative Celeron processor and I would like to upgrade to something faster. I would guess that at present I have about 266/300Mhz (how do I check this?). Web sites such as PC World sell processors from Ł40 upwards that appear to be much faster. But other than speed and price, how do I choose which one to go for (eg "socket 370" or not, Celeron or Pentium)? Given that I have added RAM myself but would not fancy trying anything much more complicated do you think this is something I could do myself or would you recommend I leave this to the experts. Iain Leamington Spa
Iain - Leamington Spa - Tue Apr 16 21:19 2002
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Your major concern, unfortunately, is not just the CPU that you intend to install, but your Motherboard (mobo).
You will need to find out what mobo is installed to find out it's maximum capabilities. If you already know and you have the manual handy, in the specifications should be the details as to what it IS capable of.

If you are not sure what Mobo is inside your machine, Go to Belarc and download the 797kb freeware program. It will tell you everything you need to know about the inside of your computer. Post back with the details
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Apr 16 22:56 2002
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Thanks for helping Iain. Belarc says "Asus P2BVE 1.00" Is this good news or bad?
Iain - Leamington Spa - Wed Apr 17 18:43 2002
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Well, Iain, Depends how you look at it, the motherboard will only accept the Pentium 2 processors, so you are limited to a 450Mhz Processor. In terms of processor speed, I am not overly sure you'd see may benefits.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Apr 18 11:19 2002
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My HP Pavilion currently uses a Pentium 2 derivative Celeron processor and I would like to upgrade to something faster. I would guess that at present I have about 266/300Mhz (how do I check this?). Web sites such as PC World sell processors from Ł40 upwards that appear to be much faster. But other than speed and price, how do I choose which one to go for (eg "socket 370" or not, Celeron or Pentium)? Given that I have added RAM myself but would not fancy trying anything much more complicated do you think this is something I could do myself or would you recommend I leave this to the experts. Iain Leamington Spa
Iain - Leamington Spa - Tue Apr 16 21:18 2002
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Hi ian, thanks for helping with my problem concerning my connection (have come to the conclusion freeserve is crap). I am having problems with IE6 displaying a friends web-site which is html any suggstions? cheers
Chris - Manchester - Mon Apr 15 00:09 2002
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I need to upgrade my HDD because 10Gb is getting too full and generally too slow.Done the disk defrag/scan etc.The problem I have is I have an Intel 810e motherboard and it is a EIDE HDD 40 pin IDE ATA33/66.Now can I buy buy a 40-60Gb HDD with ATA100 IDE inteface and will it be backward compatible?.Generally all the terms UDMA,AT133 etc get a little confusing.
Nick G - Portsmouth - Sun Apr 14 22:18 2002
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Your main concern would have been whether your BIOS would support large hard drives. As it highly likely that your computer was manufactured after 1998, then you should have no problems.
Backwards compatibility is not an issue. The one thing that you will need to do though is to update you IDE BUS controller driver, and you will find that readily available from your motherboard manfacturer. One other thing you might want to do is "Slave" the new drive to your existing drive, thus saving you the hassle of re-installing Windows.

One word of advice though, partition the hard drive into smaller "drives". It will give you greater access speed than one big drive and enable you to save data and files in separate locations. It will save you a lot of time in the event of a re-format, losing you only a small amount of info. Disc maintenance such as defragging also takes less time.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Mon Apr 15 08:08 2002
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Many Thanks Again.Computer would you believe is only 14 months old,but I suppose in real terms that is ancient.My Bios was 5 versions out of date.Will have to slave the old HDD in the floppy as I have no free slots.I will partition because of the obvious-reinstalation of Me,defrag Etc.Going for 40Gb.Any rec on size partitioning.Western Digital have said all their ATA100 will be fine on ATA66.
Nick G - Portsmouth - Tue Apr 16 00:24 2002
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If I may post this address- www.roberthancock.com/.This Canadian guy's site is a goldmine of information for all Dell computers software and Hardware and has some very useful help on upgrades of processors,Hdd and general advice.Thought would Help many people.
Nick G - Portsmouth - Tue Apr 16 00:31 2002
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I'm selling my computer and would like to reformat the hard disk and just reload the basic programs. Can someone tell me how to do this?
Gill Butler - Hamilton, NZ - Sun Apr 14 00:41 2002
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Gill, if you scroll further down this page, instructions as to how to format your hard drive are given in an answer to Ian Broadhead!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Apr 14 00:58 2002
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Not a query,just a heartfelt thanks to Iain for helping me to reformat my hard disk.Got there in the end,now reinstalling programs.Thanks.
Ian Broadhead - Wakefield - Sat Apr 13 18:41 2002
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My pleasure. Another String to your bow, Ian! We'll have you as a Micro$oft Valued Professional yet!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Apr 13 19:27 2002
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I have an epsom stylus c20ux it will print colour but not black and white.the catridges show nearlt full as i've not long had printer and haven't printed much.I've tried using the utilities nozzle check/clean and also emailed epsom but they didn't reply can anyone help please.
kan - southampton - Fri Apr 12 22:10 2002
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Take the Black ink cartridge out, and give it a really good shake, making sure that you wrap it in a rag (or something) to make sure the ink doesn't splash everywhere!. Wipe the bottom of the cartridge.
Ink can crystallise if left standing for any length of time. When buying ink cartridges ALWAYS check the sell by date.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Apr 13 11:38 2002
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Thanks for your help, i tried shaking black cartridge as you said .It seems as though it's empty as no deposits left on rag when i shook it.The ink levels on the properties show full.As you might of guessed i'm fairly new at this computer stuff. I did find a problem in that i couldn't access the catridges easily as they were positioned beyond the the opening and under the main casing .I accessed it by pressing on/off and pulling power cord out so that it stopped in the middle of access area i'm sure this not the usual method .Thanks again
kan - southampton - Sun Apr 14 19:27 2002
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To access the ink cartridges, open the lid on the tractor section, and press the button which has what looks like ink drops on for three or more seconds. On Epsons, it is usually the button on the extreme left.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Wed Apr 17 14:33 2002
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Can anyone tell me why when I search for a file on my computer, (using the find files or folders from start menu) I get a really small window everytime of opening? With other windows you can resize to your preference then close and it will open at this size the next time. Thanks.
Ian McDonagh - Edinburgh - Fri Apr 12 20:35 2002
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Hi Folks, Can someone please help, I've installed Ahead softwares InCd program (it comes as part of the Nero Burning disc)which allows you to use a CD/RW as a large floppy disc, trouble is it won't format the discs, it tries for about 20 mins then hangs up and I have to reboot, I've tried reinstalling it but no joy. Any suggestions on what to do(apart from the obvious)would be welcome Tony.
Tony Jordan - Gt. Yarmouth - Fri Apr 12 07:31 2002
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Tony, go to the Nero Update Site and download the updates. You may be suffereing from buffer underruns, which the latest version claims to eliminate!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Apr 13 11:55 2002
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Thanks Ian I'll give it a try, the CD/Rw's brand new and this is driving me nuts. Tony
tony jordan - Gt.Yarmouth - Sun Apr 14 12:30 2002
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Tony, Did this work?. I had same problem, although s/w was new. Then tried ECDC, with similar problems, on CD-RW only. David
David Warner - Reading - Wed Jul 10 18:59 2002
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Iain Wolstencroft and Leigh Duffy. Hi guys, been away for a few days and didn't want to post my thanks so far down the page in case you missed them. I don't know why, but things do seem to have resolved themselves without any fiddling about at my end, but please accept my thanks and be assured I've made a note of your suggestions for any possible future need. Iain, regarding the font sizes. It was only in my usual font (Times new Roman?) but it too seems be resolved. I'll try to convey my thanks a little sooner next time, (I don't want to set a precedent by doing it this way!).Regards, Steve. Ps. No reply necessary guys,thanks.
Steve - Leeds - Fri Apr 12 01:29 2002
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hi my friend who hasn,t got internet access is having trouble with her mouse when she opens up powerpoint2000 it does open but then she moves the mouse and powerpoint dissapears and all thats left is the start up screen she has windowsME and alot of space on her hard drive ,can anybody please help
jim reilly - aylesbury - Thu Apr 11 23:19 2002
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Hello,
You dont say if it occurs with any other programmes, if it is just Powerpoint then she could un-install it, and then reboot, then re-install it. Check for any conflicts also, especially if it is happens with other programmes.
Usually what happens, is that there is a conflict with the communication ports (COMM PORTS), sometimes, its IRQ, and sometimes it is Memory Addressing, that is at fault.
It might be an idea to search for the latest mouse drivers for your mouse as well, because although ME supports the mouse by default, in most cases it is only a generic driver that is used.
Hope that helps!
Future - Fri Apr 12 16:39 2002
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Hello Ian are you out there, I am in search of an antivirus programme to use on my pc that will not cost anything, and I can get regular updates from the web. If such a thing exists I would be very grateful to know where from.( thanks for your help with my other problem,the missing pictures are still missing however.I will just have to put up with it. Ross
ross - dundee - Thu Apr 11 22:51 2002
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Ross, AVG(5,4Mb Freeware) :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Apr 11 23:06 2002
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Iain, thanks very much your a saint, ross
ross - dundee - Thu Apr 11 23:53 2002
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First time caller , love the show. I have recently had a faulty hard disc replaced. Since then I have been unable to use the Disc Doctor function of Nortons Utillity , Windows Scandisc or Windows System Restore. Disc Doctor tells me that it cannot repair the DOS Boot record and will not continue with the scan. Windows Scandisc restarts its process 10 times before telling me that Windows or another program is writing to the drive. Windows System Restore simply will not return the disc to an earlier check point. Does anyone think that these problems may be connected in some way - any suggested solution much appreciated. My operating system is ME.
daniel - northampton - Thu Apr 11 21:32 2002
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Welcome to the web-user site. :) Let's hope we can help you.
If you've recently had ME re-installed, it is highly likely it is missing the System Restore patch that Micro$oft kindly released, Go to the Windows update site, (Click Start | Windows update). That should repair that issue.

The scan disc issue should be solved if you first close all programs runnning in the background by using CTRL-ALT-DEL and end task for everything except Explorer and Systray. Make sure that your antivirus and firewall is off. If this doesn't work, trying doing a scandisk in Safe Mode, by rebooting your computer and pressing F8 at startup.

For the Norton problem, I suggest you visit the Symantec website and have a search for available patches.

Good luck!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Apr 11 21:49 2002
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Many thanks for your advice yesterady which has sorted out my Windows problems. I have found reference to my Norton error message on the Symantec support web site. One of the proposed solution is to run the DOS utility FDISK -this comes wrapped in a strong note of caution about the potentially catastrophic consequences of improper use of FDISK. Any ideas where I might be able to get the utility and any advice about its use ? Lastly, how do I found out if my drive is using Dynamic Drive Overlay ? Thanks for levelling out this steep learning curve.
daniel - northampton - Fri Apr 12 22:34 2002
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Daniel, to be honest, and please don't take this the wrong way, if you don't know what DDO is, you probably aren't using it. Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) is a method of compressing the hard drive to free up disk space. The most commonly used method of doing this is with a Utility in your Programs | Accessories | System Tools called DriveSpace. If you want to know more, then have a look at this site.
I would be very wary of using Fdisk without guidance, if you would like me to have look at the Norton instructions, please post back the web address. :)
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sat Apr 13 12:11 2002
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Daniel, I have been doing some further research, and I have now come to the conclusion that the Fdisk command Norton was referring to is fdisk /mbr (note the space) What is possible is that there was a resident master boot virus, harmless but nevertheless annoying.
You will need a boot disk from an uninfected source. If you go to Dr D's and click the Boot Disk link at the top. Download the disk for ME and save to disk.

Once downloaded, use a new disk and install the contents onto the disk by double clicking it.

Leave the disk in, and restart your computer. Hopefully, your floppy disk drive is the primary boot source, and a menu should appear, choose the option to start the computer without cdrom support.

When the a: > appears, type in fdisk /mbr This will rewrite the Master Boot Record. Take the disk out and Reboot your computer. Note:If your computer has more than 4 (four) partitions or you have a dual boot system, (ie running Millenium and another operating system) don't attempt this, you will lose everything
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Sun Apr 14 09:36 2002
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Thanks for this Iain. No luck so far in rewriting the Master Boot Record. When I enter fdisk /mbr , the set up defaults straight back to A:\> Any ideas ? By the way , my enquiry about Fdisk came as a result of a suggested resolution for the error mesage I am getting from Disk Doctor that was posted to the Symantec online support site. If it would be of any help , the web page address is : http://service4.symantec.com/ SUPPORT/nunt.nsf/pfdocs/2001101209294809 Many thanks Daniel
daniel - northampton - Tue Apr 16 22:16 2002
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Daniel, Could you do me a favour, Reboot your computer, and as it restarts, press DEL to get you into Setup. Press the enter key on option 1 Standard CMOS Setup check to see if Boot Sector Virus Protection is Disabled. If it reads Enabled, press your "+" to change it to Disabled. Press Esc then Save to CMOS. Then reboot your computer.
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Tue Apr 16 22:36 2002
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Hello Iain, I've been into the ( Award ) BIOS and it's not quite as you may have imagined - no reference to Boot Sector Virus Protection but under the Boot menu there is Boot Virus Detection which was enabled. I disabled it and tried again to write A:/> fdisk /mbr but again it defaulted back to A:/> Thanks for your persistence with this
daniel - northampton - Wed Apr 17 19:30 2002
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Many thanks for your advice yesterday which has sorted out my Windows utility problems. I have located reference to my Norton error message on the Symantec support web site. One of the proposed solutions is using the DOS utility FDISK -
daniel - northampton - Fri Apr 12 22:25 2002
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when my descktop first comes on after booting up my computer,i get two messages pop up. c:\programfiles\outlook express\oemig50.exe a device attached to the system is not functioning and the oemig50.exe file is linked to missing export advapi32.dll:regoverridepredefkey can somebody please tell me what this means and what to do about this. thanks to anybody who can help. cheers nigel
nigel - irchester - Thu Apr 11 17:48 2002
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Nigel, I am assuming you are using Win 2000 , and on IE5. The advapi32.dll has either been corrupted or replaced. If you are on IE5, then the quickest soloution would be to update IE5 to 6. If I'm completely wrong, post back!
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Fri Apr 12 07:45 2002
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ian thanks for replying,i am in fact running windows98 second edition with ie6. nigel
nigel - irchester - Fri Apr 12 15:59 2002
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Hi, i am having problems ith either my PC,browser or ISP I've not got a clue which. I am running Windows98 and i am connected to freeserve anytime. I recently had a PC built which is a lot faster than my previous one, but when i connect to the internet it takes longer to do anything!! I've done all the basic things temporary internet files etc but it makes no difference. To my untrained eye it looks like my pc is sending data and waiting ages for a response. Oh I also set up the internet connection manually when i got this new PC........ and I find that pages stop downloading for no apparent reason (it took three refreshes to get this page!!!) please please help me.
Chris - manchester - Thu Apr 11 16:36 2002
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Hello,
When you had the puter built, did you have an AMR modem fitted, or a standard 56k one?
Some ISPs, cant use an AMR although, not entirely sure why, so it might be an idea to check
1...Your modem type
2...Your connection speed to your ISP
3...Get your phone line check by your phone
company, there maybe noise on your line.
I hope that helps!
Future - Thu Apr 11 17:14 2002
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I have a fully functional 56k modem, and i connect at 48000-52000k, and i have already checked the line for noise and it fine!!! can you help any more ? if not thank you anyway.
Chris - Manchester - Thu Apr 11 17:37 2002
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sorry 48000-52000bps!!!
Chris - Manchester - Thu Apr 11 17:39 2002
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Chris, this page takes 15 secs on an ADSL page :( I have been informed that sometime in the near future there will be a revamp of the message boards.
A couple of things to try:-

Ensure that your Internet History is regularly pruned, reduce the number of days to no more than 3, and the size to not more than 2Mb
Clear out your Temporary Internet Folders
Defrag your Hard Drive.
Go to Pcpitstop and run the tests
Good luck
Iain Wolstencroft - Accrington - Thu Apr 11 18:39 2002
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I am hoping to buy an adsl usb modem for my laptop. unfortunately, my laptop has no usb port. i know that you can buy usb - serial adapters, my question is - are these backwards compatible so you can plug them into a vacant serial port and then a usb device into the other end so you are really connecting a usb device to a serial port. also, if this is possible, what is the speed/reliability of using these and how much should i expect to pay for a standard one? cheers leigh duffy (worldxtremewrestling@hotpop.com) i would appreciate it if you could help me by contacting me on the address above thanks again
Leigh Duffy - Pembroke - Wed Apr 10 19:09 2002

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