I just have frequent instances where certain combinations of USB devices produce a spontaneous re-boot of the computer, or a blue screen of death if they are all plugged in when the system is booted. No real practical way to figure out what the conflicts are and why. But not likely that you and I have the same set of explicit USB peripherals (make and model of external hubs, external disk drive enclosures, etc.).
Fred Holmes At 10:55 PM 10/25/2009, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: >So far it seems to do that. > >I have had it loaded since Friday night. > >How many USB devices do you want at one time? > >I usually have one or two plugged into my laptop plus a few more every now and >then. > >My desktop usually have at least 6 devices plugged in plus a hub. > >To include, multiple printers, mouse keyboard, thumb drives, UPSbackup, >external hard drive and other stuff now and then. > >So far I have never had a real problem. A few years back I would get errors >that they were drawing too much power, but I have not seen one of those in >years. > >Stewart > >At 09:24 PM 10/25/2009, you wrote: >>"Simplifying" generally means "hiding the details from the user," which I >>don't like. What I want from Windows is for it to work as advertised. Never >>a blue screen of death. Never a driver that can't be found. Never an >>incorrect driver loaded. Drivers available for any/all peripherals. And, >>dare I say it, Multiple Master fonts available. The ability to really add a >>whole lot of USB and Firewire peripherals that all work on a single machine, >>etc. >> >>Fred Holmes >> >> >>At 08:03 PM 10/25/2009, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I have not been into a Microsoft store. I have seen the first of >>>those stores by way of numerous videos that are now circulating on the >>>internet. Word has it that these stores are going to all physically >>>resemble the stores operated by Apple, and from the videos I have seen >>>of the one on Scottsdale, this appears to be the case. I also have >>>taken note of the fact that Microsoft is heavily touting that Windows >>>7 is going to dramatically SIMPLIFY operations and procedures under >>>the Windows operating environment. Again, this seems to be a copying >>>of the Apple tradition. Microsoft appears to want to mimic Apple as >>>opposed to having a business model predicated upon differentiating >>>itself from the major competition. >>> >>> Steve > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
