Dell Laptop not picking up printers anymore?

PCDumbass

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I do not know what setting I tweaked to do this, but for some reason, my laptop will not recognize any printers when I plug them into any of my USB ports anymore.

I used to be able to plug in just about any printer and they would be instantly recognized, but lately when I plug in a printer, nothing happens, no recognition that something has been plugged in, nothing. Now, when I try my thumbdrive or any other USB device in the same port - No Problem.

No idea what is going on here, perhaps somebody can help me back to automatic printer detection.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP2.

-Rob
robpilgrim@gmail.com

 

FlyingPenguin

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Open My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, View tab, place a checkmark in the first box ("Automatically search for network folders and printers")