Guest Panic Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 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.
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Repair/Install issue 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. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message news:eNiGBBH$HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Something to think about if for future computer problems. I recently did a > repair/install of WinXP SP2 and had to then install about 80 further upgrades > again. Then upgrade Internet Explorer from version 6.0 to 7.0. Everything > seemed to work OK but my printer was screwing up. It's a USB printer. I > checked the connections and it was good. Then I had a revelation. > > A lot of my external devices like the printer, scanner, USB hard drives I have > powered by a separate power strip. I leave it off most of the time and only > power it up when I need to use one of the external devices. Ding! Ding! I > just thought..... hey, the repair/ install might have lost the info on those > devices. When I power up my computer it "looks" for new devices. But.... if > that external power switch is off on boot up my computer won't "see" them. > > So, this morning before booting up, I powered all my external devices to on > and then booted up. Sure enough, what came up but numerous notices that > Windows had "discovered" a new external device and was setting it up for use. > Now everything works the way it used to. > > >
Guest Laughingstar~* Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Repair/Install issue great advice...thank you " db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OtagewH$HHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > 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. > > -- > > db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. >><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > > > . > > > "Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message > news:eNiGBBH$HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Something to think about if for future computer problems. I recently >> did a repair/install of WinXP SP2 and had to then install about 80 >> further upgrades again. Then upgrade Internet Explorer from version 6.0 >> to 7.0. Everything seemed to work OK but my printer was screwing up. >> It's a USB printer. I checked the connections and it was good. Then I >> had a revelation. >> >> A lot of my external devices like the printer, scanner, USB hard drives I >> have powered by a separate power strip. I leave it off most of the time >> and only power it up when I need to use one of the external devices. >> Ding! Ding! I just thought..... hey, the repair/ install might have lost >> the info on those devices. When I power up my computer it "looks" for >> new devices. But.... if that external power switch is off on boot up my >> computer won't "see" them. >> >> So, this morning before booting up, I powered all my external devices to >> on and then booted up. Sure enough, what came up but numerous notices >> that Windows had "discovered" a new external device and was setting it up >> for use. Now everything works the way it used to. >> >> >> >
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: Repair/Install issue you're welcome. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message news:eUg9FmJ$HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > great advice...thank you > > " db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote > in message news:OtagewH$HHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> it's always best to >> have only the monitor, >> kb and mouse connected >> to the pc when you are >> installing windows or >> repairing it. >> >> the powerstrip thing is >> similar to what i use but >> i use a power master panel >> instead. >> >> this allows me only to >> power up the printers, etc >> when i need them. >> >> so you did pretty good with >> handling your issue. it is >> not necessary to have your >> usb equipment up and running >> 24/7 when windows is running... >> >> this is one of the >> benefits of the usb system. >> >> incidentally, it helps greatly >> if you keep your usb cables >> plug into the same ports. >> >> if you switch them around then >> windows will spend time analyzing >> the devices that reconfigured the usb >> ports. if you find that you are running >> low on usb ports, then add a hub. >> >> -- >> >> db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. >>><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> >> >> >> . >> >> >> "Panic" <smartwit@home.com> wrote in message >> news:eNiGBBH$HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> > >
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