windows 10 stopped working with printer?

[cyberknight]

says its a usb 2 cable not usb 3 .

worked fine last time i used it , has an update knackered it ?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Re-install the printer and see what happens.

 

[cyberknight]

Re-install the printer and see what happens.

i did the using a usb 2 cable error msg is what i get , afaik its all backwards compatible.

 

[classic33]

Canon or Epson?

 

[ColinJ]

I got the same kind of message on Windows 7. It turned out to be complaining that it was expecting the cable to be plugged in to USB socket #3 not socket #2! I moved the cable to the other socket and the printer burst into life ...

 

[steve50]

Windows ten is pants, the worst operating system since vista. Try doing a system restore / refresh to see if that solves it.

 

[User6179]

Seems everytime you get an update it changes all the settings , think you might need to untick let windows 10 control printers and set the printer you want as default printer

 

[User6179]

Windows ten is pants, the worst operating system since vista. Try doing a system restore / refresh to see if that solves it.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Did that yesterday , reset pc , 12 hours later the computer was still updating , running bad today but usable , didnt fix any problems but created a few more , now it takes 4 or 5 reboots to start instead of 2 or 3 , cant access pictures , disk error, dcom error, system integrity audit failure , usb drivers not loading to name but a few , I also now cant go back to previous operating system.

 

[steve50]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Did that yesterday , reset pc , 12 hours later the computer was still updating , running bad today but usable , didnt fix any problems but created a few more , now it takes 4 or 5 reboots to start instead of 2 or 3 , cant access pictures , disk error, dcom error, system integrity audit failure , usb drivers not loading to name but a few , I also now cant go back to previous operating system.

Get rid of ten and install seven, problems solved.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Windows-7...075241?hash=item25c83aa029:g:I0sAAOSwHMJYIR0G

 

[User6179]

Get rid of ten and install seven, problems solved. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Windows-7...118747?hash=item1c693449db:g:lm4AAOSwOVpXa4Uv

That is what I started with , never wanted W10 , it just started down loading one day and i thought give it a try , wish I just hit cancel , reckon I have spent about 100 hours over last year trying to fix the bloody thing , got another computer in the loft but I am no sure with windows 98 is still supported .

 

[classic33]

That is what I started with , never wanted W10 , it just started down loading one day and i thought give it a try , wish I just hit cancel , reckon I have spent about 100 hours over last year trying to fix the bloody thing , got another computer in the loft but I am no sure with windows 98 is still supported .

No.

 

[steve50]

windows 98 is no good with todays internet, get a copy of win 7 , you might have difficulty getting your pc to boot from dvd as windows ten will override any attempts to install another operating system but it can be done. You will need to access the bios settings to change the boot settings, follow this guide http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/access-bios-windows-10 and change the boot settings to "allow legacy boot" instead of or as well as UEFI

 

[User6179]

No.

I know , was joking , it would probably just update to W10 anyway

 

[classic33]

That is what I started with , never wanted W10 , it just started down loading one day and i thought give it a try , wish I just hit cancel , reckon I have spent about 100 hours over last year trying to fix the bloody thing , got another computer in the loft but I am no sure with windows 98 is still supported .

Is that 98 or 98se?

The first I'd not touch.

 

[steve50]

During updating windows seven you will see a splash screen that will ask if you wish to update to windows ten, choose the option to "never remind me again"..........job done.