03-07-15 11:35 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Found New Hardware   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <54FC2701.13794.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml>  On Fri, 06 Mar 2015, Ed Vance wrote to Daryl Stout:   
   Howdy! Mark,   
    EV> I don't want to find out what the 'intruder' is that is acting   
    EV> like I connected a printer to the XP box.   
      
    ml> it is most likely one of only a couple of things...   
      
    ml> 1. the printer's usb was unplugged and replugged... maybe into   
    ml> a different usb port... the drivers have to reload to build the   
    ml> attachment to the new port in the registry tree... if the   
    ml> printer is moved to a third and fourth usb port, the same thing   
    ml> will happen... once it is done, though, that's generally it...   
      
    ml> 2. the registry in the usb section has been corrupted or a key   
    ml> for this unit was removed at some point...   
      
    ml> 3. look at the hardware manager and see if anything is showing   
    ml> up in there with the yellow exclamation mark...   
      
    ml> that's all i can think of at this time...   
      
   Thanks for scratching Your head to help me, I appreciate the advice.   
      
   1. I have only one printer connected to A.C. power, and its USB   
      connector hasn't been unplugged.   
      
   2. I could scratch my head looking around REGEDIT for awhile.   
      And Yes, I would Save the current state to my XP desktop.   
      
   3. The WD External HDD I have connected by Firewire instead of USB has   
      not been showing up in the My Computer list for a long time.   
      
      I've tried unplugging the Firewire cable and Power wire and then   
      reconnecting them.   
      Sometimes the Blue Circle on the front lights up, other times it   
      doesn't.   
      Sometimes when I turn the XP computer Off the Blue Circle stays lit   
      until I turn the UPS Off, some days when I turn the UPS on and power   
      up the XP box it doesn't come on at all.   
      I haven't used it for ages since I got larger External HDDs now and   
      use them now.   
      
      It has a Yellow symbol on it in Hardware Manager.   
      
      The Driver Tab says it hasn't started.   
      
      I pressed the Troubleshoot button and Windows Help&Support opened up   
      telling me to Uninstall it and then Reinstall it using Add New   
      Hardware in Control Panel.   
      
      I did that but it couldn't help me.   
      
      As I said above it isn't being used now anyway so I haven't worried   
      so much about not seeing it in My Computer.   
      
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