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|    Ed Vance to TOM WALKER    |
|    Re: Found New Hardware    |
|    21 May 15 21:30:00    |
      05-18-15 16:52 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Found New Hardware               TW> @MSGID: <555B1301.13912.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>       Howdy! Tom,       -snip-        EV>I only have one printer connected to the XP box with a USB 2.0 cable        EV>but I only turn on the power strip that its AC Power Line Cord is        EV>plugged in when I want to use the printer or some other thing that I        EV>have plugged into that power strip.               TW> During boot the computer polls for USB devices. Since you do        TW> not turn on the printer until after boot i am not suprised it        TW> is thinkign you plugged i na newc usb device.Yuo realy shopuld        TW> go to a Smart plug strip(One having a master recepticle for hte        TW> computer itself and slave recpeticles that only turn on when it        TW> detects soemtihng plgged imnto the master recepticle. That was        TW> you can have everything connected with the computer be        TW> automaticly shut down when you shutdown the computer. I        TW> actually have enough stil lturn on an off with my computer I        TW> have a standard plug strip plugged into one slave receptables.              After I Shut Down the XP box I had the Printer/AIO on and pressed the       power button and a little bit after the desktop came up that "New       Hardware" thingy popped up.              I shut down again and turned the UPS Off and again did what I wrote       above and saw the "New Hardware" window again so I figure I'll just       live with it whenever I shutdown this XP box.              Thanks again for the suggestion, I wished it would had worked.       73              ... Bridge: A card game in which a good deal depends on a good deal.       --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux        * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)    |
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