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Thread ID: 98404 2009-03-24 03:00:00 Avoiding multiple installs of a USB printer GordonBennet (13808) Press F1
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758876 2009-03-31 02:37:00 webcams do the same thing. If you dont put it in the same port it was originally in, it'll create a#1, #2 etc. For any other port you put it in. Not much you can about it

Thats probably why, windows installs the Kb. mouse, Ipod drivers
Speedy Gonzales (78)
758877 2009-03-31 10:47:00 The only solution is to plug it into the same port every time Agent_24 (57)
758878 2009-03-31 16:18:00 Interested to see this one (while looking for something else entirely).

My HP Deskjet F2100, plugged permanently into the same USB port (on a hub) regularly disappears and has to be "reinstalled". I'm up to Copy 12 now (in the space of about two years).

So maybe it's not just a problem of changing ports. Maybe some (dirt-cheap) printers (or some [free gift] USB hubs) are just cantankerous like that.

Since I don't use the home printer often and the reinstall only takes about five minutes - when I can find the CD immediately :) - I haven't bothered to seek a solution to the problem; but I'd be interested to know if anyone can suggest one.

My laptop also runs XP Pro, BTW.
argus (366)
758879 2009-03-31 21:28:00 Same issue here. HP Printer, Xp home sp2, USB port on pc, up to copy 9 last time I checked, and only the latest copy works. Only difference is that it doesn't ask me for the driver cd every time. Corporal Hawke (14743)
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