[real-eyes] Re: USB ports
- From: Suzanne Carleton <secarleton269@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:13:23 -0800
Ideally I need 5 USB ports but can leave the mouse out until I need it
then swap it with the foot pedal. I plan on finishing setting the
darned thing up this weekend. btw, it's a refurbished machine that is
marginal at best to begin with. Company too large and too cheap to
give us anything new except keyboards and mice. We don't get monitors
or entire systems each time, just the CPU.
Anyone who hadn't gotten a pc within the last year was sent a brand
new dell windows 7 for the new platform upgrade, which included me.
they only had a limited number, so any sent out after that are now XP.
My windows 7 was bad out of the box and quicly died.
I don't really see much difference with windows 7 other than location
of some stuff and tre views look different.I cant remember where I saw
something to get back to it. but maybe I didn't have to do that much
with it to notice. I don't do much of anything on the computer outside
of work except email.
On 2/17/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm with you on that one. I held onto Windows 98 until early 2006. I tend to
> hang onto things until they become untenable. And I hate the thought of
> having to do all those installs from scratch.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Glenn
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:12 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports
>
> Wow, you think XP is a bummer?
> I sometimes have to set up a screenreader on someone's windows 7 machine,
> and I hate it.
> I will hang on to XP as long as I can.
> I will probably run it for a while after support has stopped, and some lack
> of security.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suzanne Carleton" <secarleton269@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:24 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports
>
>
> well, they sent me an XP which is a bummer.
> Nothing looked out of the ordinary when I looked through USB ports in device
> manager. sigh There are 4 on the front that work, I guess I can make due
> with that.
> Beats dealing with support and a fourth computer to mail back.
>
> On 2/13/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> You well could be right. Since it was new, I suspected that that
>> secondary controller wasn't connected. There might even be something
>> in CMOS that needs to be changed.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Reginald George
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:00 PM
>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports
>>
>> Hi Mitchell,
>>
>> I know she needs at least 4. 2 for her broad band modem which has no
>> Ethernet support, and an external sound card, and 2 for keyboard and
>> mouse.
>> Each set of ports is on a different controller in Device manager. I,
>> like you, suspect a hardware problem, but I was hoping maybe just one
>> of the controllers was disabled or not installed properly.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mitchell D. Lynn
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 11:22 AM
>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports
>>
>> I would think--and I may well be wrong--that if some of the devices
>> are working and others are not, that it is more indicative of a
>> hardware issue as opposed to a driver or software issue. It is
>> certainly worth checking the device manager before returning the
>> system. Others have filled in that gap for me. I assumed you are on
>> Windows 7, and I haven't used that OS, so wasn't sure exactly what
>> steps to give you. Probably similar to XP but ....
>> Who knows.
>>
>> On the other side, how many USB ports do you need?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Suzanne Carleton
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:39 AM
>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: USB ports
>>
>> thanks for all the info. i havent had a chance to look at devices yet.
>> I am sooo tired of issues with work computers! I have 3 old and/or
>> dead ones that need to be sent back! argh!
>>
>> On 2/13/12, Mitchell D. Lynn <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> They may not be connected. For HW questions like this, best if you
>>> contact your company's tech support folks.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Suzanne Carleton
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:40 PM
>>> To: real-eyes
>>> Subject: [real-eyes] USB ports
>>>
>>> This new work PC has 4 USB ports in the front and 6 in the back.
>>> Nothing I plug in the back is registering. Only the front ones seem
>>> to
>> work.
>>> Any ideas as to what might be going on?
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