Re: XP hangs at start-up with USB devices connected

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From: Can-Tech Computers (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:20:58 -0700

No Difference. I tried another USB Printer with the same
results.
>-----Original Message-----
> Disconnect all your USB Devices rt click
MyComputer>Select
>Prop>Hardware>Device Manager>USB Controllers. Uninstall
all of them. Restart
>and let XP reload them. Go to Control Panel>Add/Remove
programs. Uninstall
>the HP Printer Software. Go to Start>Run type:
regedit. Go to
>HKLM\Software. Delete the HP folder same at
HKCU\Software if it's
>there. Restart and reinstall the HP Printer Software
> then reconnect the Printer.
>
>
>"Can-Tech Computers"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:490001c42be4$5b253740$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> My problem is: when I have my USB HP Deskjet 3320
printer
>> connected and try to power up my computer, the computer
>> hangs on the black screen, just after the Windows XP
>> Professional boot screen, for a couple of minutes and
>> then continues to load to the desktop.It also seems to
>> lose the driver, finding "New Hardware" and I have to
>> reinstall the driver. If I unplug the printer and try
to
>> boot up, everything is normal. I have tried updating
>> Windows, motherboard drivers, printer drivers, etc. I
can
>> hear the HDD "spin up" and then just before it loads
the
>> desktop (a couple of minutes later) I hear it "spin
down"
>> and then spin up again and windows loads to the
desktop.
>> I'm running and Asus A7V8X-MX motherboard, AMD 2400XP+
>> Athlon, 1GB DDR 40GB Maxtor HDD.
>
>
>.
>

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