Hi CrossRoads:
I dug way down into that file area on my arduino installation, and I have 14 files there too (the same umber as you). Maybe I tried to use the avrisp prior to installing the drivers?? The fact that the optical drive isn't working doesn't really help here either. I can look at the cd (on another pc), that was provided with the avrisp when I bought it, maybe it would work to put the entire contents of the cd onto a thumb drive (should I be fortunate enough to have it in fact only be a cd -- not a dvd).