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BEING MERRY WITH USB

by Tom Cantrell

Start ý Pride Before the Fall ý Universal Sales Booster ý The Mouse that Roared ý Wire Wars ý Kiss the Cook ý Sources and PDF

PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL

Later that day, still basking in the vain glow of my guru-like upgrade skills, I decided the occasion called for a few commemorative printouts. Deftly clicking through my new dually printer dialogs, I hit OK with fervor. As the file spooled, I turned expectantly to the printer and waited for the printout. And waited, and waitedý. I ended up having to give the three-finger salute (Ctrl + Alt + Delete). It was only the first of many.

Let me say, Iým quite happy to fulfill the misery-loves-company needs of my readers. If seeing me in a PC wreck makes your day, Iým glad to oblige. My upgrade tale of woe may have been deferred, but it wouldnýt be denied.

As you may surmise, I spent hours tinkering with an astounding array of control panels, driver dialogs, BIOS settings, and the likeýnot to mention trying different boards and cables. Much of that time was spent pondering the mysteries of the universe during interminable reboots. No matter what I tried, the best I could achieve was a kind of regular intermittence. After a reboot, the setup would work for a printout or two but eventually would either hang up waiting for the chosen printer or, hereýs a good one, suddenly start printing garbage on the other printer!

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