Re: Repair/Install issue
- From: "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:50:55 -0500
great advice...thank you
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wrote in message news:OtagewH$HHA.4828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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"Panic" <smartwit@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
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