Boy do I have a computer story to tell! First of all, you have to remember that my scanner has not been working for over a month now - not since I had some anti-virus software installed. I've tried everything I know - changing ports, reinstalling etc. etc.
Well......... last night we had a very big thunder storm and my telephone line became very "crackly" as if there was water in the line. Eventually I thought: "I've had enough of this" and decided to go and get one of my old phones to see whether it would make any difference.
As I got up from my desk, my foot was caught in the phone cord and I wrenched it off the desk onto the floor. At the same time I managed to upend the CD rack, scattering them everywhere and also turning the radiator (heater) on its side!!!! Well at least I didn't fall over, even if everything else in the room did. THen as I grabbed for the radiator, I heard a "ping" and there's a window on the screen saying that my computer had just discovered "new hardware" - called a scanner!!!!!! I quickly stood up the radiator and reinstalled my scanner for about the 5th time. IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God only knows how I did it, but I reckon it was the kick I gave the desk. David in Ballarat
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