Re: Printer problems....

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:05:29 GMT, "Endoscope" <looking@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


>
>Bugger, good old Windows, every time I kill the USB it sticks it back in
>there again. Aha, thinks I, I'll unplug it, kill it, and then plug it back
>in again. Lids off time again.....
>

I have two new, identical Dells, with XP. After installing all my
stuff on one, I image copied the hard drive to the other. Now they are
absolutely identical, no? No! On the original one, whenever I plugged
in the USB memory stick thing, three copies of the usb Zip drive icon
would appear all over the desktop. The other machine was fine.

Eventually, with some combination of things connected (can't remember
which) I clicked a thing in the tray called "Safely Remove Hardware"
and that fixed it. I think.

John


.

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