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....when they go wrong. For some reason the other night my computer stopped 'seeing' my printer. According to the printer info my Epson cx6400 is the default printer but when I try to print the computer tells me it's not connected to a port. I tried to reinstal the CD but that wont download either - the installation just hangs after a couple of minutes. Apart from this, each time I try to shut down the computer using the start menu I get the nag screen saying the program is busy - if I click on 'wait' I eventually get back to the desktop and can shut down normally but of course it's quicker to just click on 'end task' but I'm stuffed without my printer I use it such a lot. Anyway my computer is five years old now (800 processor) so I might lash out and get something more upto date. Unless some wizard on here can tell me what the problem might be.


Ian:

John

Have you tried removing your printer before reinstalling it again?

wonwinglo

Ian,I had a similar problem,the answer was to 'exit' on a scanner that I had connected,anyway it worked for myself and could be the cause of your problem,make sure the port is not in use by something else.

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