03-01-15 10:40 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Found New Hardware   
      
    DS> @MSGID: <54F44C19.13774.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    DS> Ed,   
      
    EV>When I start up my XP box after Shutting it down instead of using   
    EV>Hibernation, before any Desktop Icons appear I see a window open saying   
    EV>Found New Hardware, and it says it is for a Printer.   
      
    EV>I haven't hooked a new printer up, and I cancel the window.   
      
    EV>Am I the only one seeing this?   
    EV>Or is this some kind of Malware that creeped in when I wasn't watching?   
      
    DS>   I'm not sure...but it sounds suspicious.   
      
    DS>   You can go to the control panel, and click on the icon for   
    DS> "printers and faxes". Remove the ones there, then click on the   
    DS> icon "Add New Hardware". It should search it, and find the new   
    DS> printer.   
      
    DS>   That's my 2 cents worth shy of a wooden nickel on input. :P   
      
   Thanks Daryl,   
      
   I don't want to find out what the 'intruder' is that is acting like I   
   connected a printer to the XP box.   
      
   I will just keep on Hibernating the computer when I'm finished with it   
   for the day, because I only see that 'request' to add new hardware when   
   I have to either Restart or have Shut it down for some reason and 'IT'   
   has to go through the routine of letting me see the Blue line moving   
   from left to right like a Cyborg(sp?) on Battlestar Galaxia(sp?) that   
   sometimes I have to wait and watch for several before 'IT' makes up   
   'IT's' Mind to start the OS.   
      
   I will look at Printers and Fax to see if anything is lurking in there.   
   73   
      
      
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