No, thanks, the Bookport connects ok now. I honestly don't know why though, because I can't think of anything I altered recently which should have made that difference. Oh well, I guess it's just a continuation of the love/hate relationship I often have with my computer!! Thanks for asking anyway. Best wishes Donna. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Strange happenings > Donna: > > Are you still having connection problems? > > Rob Meredith > >>>> donna.slater@xxxxxxxxxx 04/14/05 04:12PM >>> > Hi > Sorry I've not contributed much recently, but we've moved house, had > serious computer problems and I've also had a spell of ill health. > > I bought a new computer back in December. It's a fast processor with > loads of ram, loads of hard disk space and lots of usb ports. Bookport > worked fine at first, but this evening when I tried to connect to the > usb port, I was told that a usb device connected to my computer is not > recognised, and that I should install the drivers for it. I am running > Windows XP service pack 2. Before deciding to contact the list, I > thought I should try downloading the latest Beta version of Bookport > Transfer and installing it, but this has made no difference at all. I > still get the same message. > > I use my bookport so much each day that I will be lost if I can't > connect it to my computer, so please please can someone help with this > problem. > > Another difficulty I am having is that when I try and update my > Bookport whilst running Window Eyes on my computer (i.e. I try and > download the firmware update whilst my Bookport is connected) my whole > system seems to come to a grinding halt! My husband usually manages to > update the Bookport for me if Window Eyes is not running. Any ideas > about this anyone? I should add that I am using Zone Alarm as my > Firewall and AVG as my antivirus software, but Zone Alarm knows to allow > the relevant program to connect to the internet so that bookport can be > downloaded. > > Thanks for any help anyone can give. > > Best wishes > > Donna Slater. > > > > -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- > -- Desc: "AVG certification" > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.7 - Release Date: 12/04/2005 > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005