03-07-15 11:35 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Found New Hardware

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 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.

... The ANY key - that big long thing on the bottom.
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