Noozer found the answer - I had plugged it in a different usb port.
Problem solved. Thanks N.
bc

"Brickcounter" <brickcounter21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have recently reinstalled my printer sw, and all works fine, except that
> every time I switch the printer on I get the 'Found new hardware' message.
> I just close it, and the resulting warning, and it works. But how can I
> stop
> it showing the new hardware message?
> On a similar subject I have also installed a wireless card (Netgear
> WG311T)
> and wireless modem/router (Netgear DG834GT), and on boot I get the Netgear
> config wizard every time. Similarly I close this, and it works ok. But
> again, how can I stop it opening the wizard unnecessarily?
> brickcounter
>
> --
> Windows XP Pro SP1
> Gigabyte GA-VTXE 1.0 motherboard
> AMD 1.4 Althon XP processor
> 1 Gb RAM
> Radeon 8500 graphics card
>
>
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