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February 8th 05, 07:51 PM
My sister has win98. She disconnected her computer and set it up in the new
house.

the computer will not read the printer, it worked fine at the old location.

i was looking for a way to discunnect the USB port (like in the remove
hardware in winXP) and plug in the printer again.

i have tried unplugging and replugging already

Theresa
Haggis
February 8th 05, 08:26 PM
" >
wrote in message ...
> My sister has win98. She disconnected her computer and set it up in the
> new
> house.
>
> the computer will not read the printer, it worked fine at the old
> location.
>
> i was looking for a way to discunnect the USB port (like in the remove
> hardware in winXP) and plug in the printer again.
>
> i have tried unplugging and replugging already
>
> Theresa

start>settings>printers...remove printer....reboot , then try again
Simon Chambers
February 9th 05, 12:27 AM
" >
wrote in message ...
> My sister has win98. She disconnected her computer and set it up in the
new
> house.
>
> the computer will not read the printer, it worked fine at the old
location.
>
> i was looking for a way to discunnect the USB port (like in the remove
> hardware in winXP) and plug in the printer again.
>
> i have tried unplugging and replugging already
>
> Theresa

Check the printer is powered up!!!
Double check the cable is fully plugged in at BOTH ends.
Connect to the same USB port in the PC as before.
Try it with all the other USB ports.

If you still don't have any luck, THEN uninstall as suggested by Haggis.

Simon
Simon Chambers
February 9th 05, 12:29 AM
" >
wrote in message ...
> My sister has win98. She disconnected her computer and set it up in the
new
> house.
>
> the computer will not read the printer, it worked fine at the old
location.
>
> i was looking for a way to discunnect the USB port (like in the remove
> hardware in winXP) and plug in the printer again.
>
> i have tried unplugging and replugging already
>
> Theresa

One further suggestion before you uninstall:

Try a different cable if you can. Its possible the original was damaged if
everything has been packed up.

Simon