Besides the book port, as far as USB devices, I have two scanners, a braille embosser, cell phone, mouse, and external hard drive. They all work fine, so it's not a problem with the ports. Tiffany tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:08 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: continued problems > Hi Tiffany. > > What other USB devices do you have on that computer? > > Once you get that message about the device not beging recognized, you = > should be able to see some device in the Device Manager (while Book Port = > is still connected). Are you not seeing anything there that might be = > related? > >>> tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:02:30 AM >>> > Hello. I will try to address everyone's email here, where they were = > responding to my initial post about Book Port not being recognized. > First, I did as one person said, where I went into the system and removed = > the items which said they were USB storage devices, They didn't use those = > words exactly, but I can't think of the correct terminology at the moment. = > I also did as another person said, to look for any mp3 players or tts or = > something devices, but as they were not found, I did not have anything to = > removed in order to be rerecognized. Additionally I pulled out the RJ45 = > cable which connects me to the network and rebooted periodically between = > each step. > Still, the Book Port is not being recognized by my computer. The only = > other suggestion I saw in reference to my problems was to reassign the = > drive letter associated with the Book Port, but as that it isn't being = > recognized, it doesn't appear in the list, in order for me to reassign it. = > This is not just in the control panel under system and administrative = > tools, but also in Windows Explorer and My Computer.=20 > Finally, I'm guessing it doesn't make a difference as far as getting help = > with this recognition problem, but I did update the Book Port transfer = > software on both computers, and via the laptop I updated the firmware.=20 > It's still working perfectly with the laptop, and not though the transfer = > program appears to be working on the desktop, as far as finding and cueing = > things up, but it still tells me the Book Port is not connected. I'm sure = > this is not a problem with the program because when I plugged in the USB = > cable earlier, a message pops up saying one or more USB devices on this = > computer are not recognized. > Any other suggestions? I would really like to get this thing working = > directly on the desktop and bypass the transferring through the laptop. > Thanks again. > Tiffany tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx