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John I

Feb 20 2005, 01:01 PM

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There are plenty of possible causes as to why Windows would fail to detect your USB printer or scanner when you plug it in. The most obvious is that you haven't plugged in the device's power cord. (Don't feel bad—everybody does it.) Slightly less obvious is that your operating system may not support USB. Specifically, Win95 and Windows NT do not fully support USB functionality. The printer software should kick out an error message about an "unsupported operating system" when you try to install it. Upgrade to Win98 or later and see if this fixes the problem..

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