Pen, I have used both methods you described in earlier posts at least five
times. I wish I could get a windows install box! Even that would be
progress. The Lexmark software will NOT install without the printer being
connected! I tried deleting all usb entries in device mgr. again. I'm
going to try some other things, I will post my progress.
"Pen" wrote in message
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Did you do the printer install as I described in my earlier post.
The printer installs you described will NOT work RTFM.

"Kevin Altizer" wrote in message
r.com...
Thanks for all your replies. I have a Fuji digital camera that
shows up as
a portable storage device and it uploads perfectly through all
four usb
ports. And no, the generic usb port does not have an
exclamation mark
beside it. I got the virus, SomeFool.p, so I just restored the
machine
again. I've restored it several times in the past year. The
printer has
not worked since that restore. I've even restored again. The
BIOS upgrade
is the same one that I did over a year ago. I did it again
anyway. The
people at Compaq told me to do the scanreg /fix. I've already
tried the
delete the usb ports and reboot letting the machine find them,
but I'll try
again.

Here's a point I'd like to make; If I restore the machine, put
the BIOS in
a configuration that worked before and updated the chipset
drivers,
shouldn't it work? I mean if the camera works, the darn
printer should,
looks like to me. Maybe the legacy thing in the BIOS needs
deleted...?

"Kevin Altizer" wrote in message
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Computer: Compaq k6 amd 533 mhz 128 ram win98se
Printer: Lexmark X1150 All -in- One

I bought the printer, it worked fine for several months. Got
a virus,
restored my machine, which I've done several times. I've
updated the BIOS
ROM, updated the USB drivers, ran scanreg / fix and fixed
registry. The
computer does not see the printer. I tested the printer and
cable on
another machine, worked fine.

When I power the printer up, plug in the usb cable, I get an
extra usb hub
listed in device mgr. under usb controllers. I already have
four there,
two
USB Root Hubs and two VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB hubs. The
extra one that
comes up when the printer is plugged in is a Generic USB Hub.
I've tried
right-clicking this and updating the driver with the lexmark
cd, didn't
help. I've tried add printer from control panel. When
trying that way, I
get to the port dialog box and it shows an online printer
port, a print to
file entry, and the LPT1 printer port, and also the COM1
port, but no USB
port. I've done the live chat thing with compaq with about
five different
people. They've given up. The person that has a positive
solution for
this
printer/computer problem deserves a silver star medal.

Any takers?
tia kevin