Repair/Install issue

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Something to think about if for future computer problems. I recently did a
repair/install of WinXP SP2 and had to then install about 80 further
upgrades again. Then upgrade Internet Explorer from version 6.0 to 7.0.
Everything seemed to work OK but my printer was screwing up. It's a USB
printer. I checked the connections and it was good. Then I had a
revelation.

A lot of my external devices like the printer, scanner, USB hard drives I
have powered by a separate power strip. I leave it off most of the time and
only power it up when I need to use one of the external devices. Ding!
Ding! I just thought..... hey, the repair/ install might have lost the info
on those devices. When I power up my computer it "looks" for new devices.
But.... if that external power switch is off on boot up my computer won't
"see" them.

So, this morning before booting up, I powered all my external devices to on
and then booted up. Sure enough, what came up but numerous notices that
Windows had "discovered" a new external device and was setting it up for
use. Now everything works the way it used to.
 
it's always best to
have only the monitor,
kb and mouse connected
to the pc when you are
installing windows or
repairing it.

the powerstrip thing is
similar to what i use but
i use a power master panel
instead.

this allows me only to
power up the printers, etc
when i need them.

so you did pretty good with
handling your issue. it is
not necessary to have your
usb equipment up and running
24/7 when windows is running...

this is one of the
benefits of the usb system.

incidentally, it helps greatly
if you keep your usb cables
plug into the same ports.

if you switch them around then
windows will spend time analyzing
the devices that reconfigured the usb
ports. if you find that you are running
low on usb ports, then add a hub.

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great advice...thank you

db ´¯`·.. > said:
it's always best to
have only the monitor,
kb and mouse connected
to the pc when you are
installing windows or
repairing it.

the powerstrip thing is
similar to what i use but
i use a power master panel
instead.

this allows me only to
power up the printers, etc
when i need them.

so you did pretty good with
handling your issue. it is
not necessary to have your
usb equipment up and running
24/7 when windows is running...

this is one of the
benefits of the usb system.

incidentally, it helps greatly
if you keep your usb cables
plug into the same ports.

if you switch them around then
windows will spend time analyzing
the devices that reconfigured the usb
ports. if you find that you are running
low on usb ports, then add a hub.

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you're welcome.

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db ·´¯`·.¸. said:
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