Problem download using XP Pro

[Guest]

I have a Sony Vaio caption running XP Pro/SP2 that I'm connecting to the
latest Linksys wireless router running 802.11N.

Attached to the Linksys router by RJ45 connection will be a Buffalo
Technology Buffalo Terastation 1TB NAS RAID1
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=97

I'm installing this device to act as a main repository of my very large
downloads.

My question is when I download large files; they appear to be written to a
Cache locations on my hard drive, then get copied to the location I initially
instructed windows to save it to.

If I'm downloaded a 500 Meg file, how do I setup Windows to write the file
one time in the final folder instead of writing it in a temporary location
then in the final location.

Thanks,

Tony

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a Sony Vaio caption running XP Pro/SP2 that I'm connecting
to the latest Linksys wireless router running 802.11N.

Attached to the Linksys router by RJ45 connection will be a Buffalo
Technology Buffalo Terastation 1TB NAS RAID1
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=97

I'm installing this device to act as a main repository of my very
large downloads.

My question is when I download large files; they appear to be
written to a Cache locations on my hard drive, then get copied to
the location I initially instructed windows to save it to.

If I'm downloaded a 500 Meg file, how do I setup Windows to write
the file one time in the final folder instead of writing it in a
temporary location then in the final location.

You don't - as far as I know.
That is how Internet Explorer works.
You could change the location of your Temproary Internet Files - but in as
finicky as IE can be - that would worry me a bit.

Firefox does a similar thing - but it writes to the area you told it to,
creating a temporary file (for resumes I would imagine) and then when it is
done, that file becomes the final.