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iPod and HP All-in-One conflict(s)...
I have a new build running 64 bit Vista Ultimate sp2. It has 2 SATA hard
drives (C: & X , 1 SATA CD-ROM drive (F and a USB-connected HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One printer. It runs [almost] everything perfectly. The "almost" comes from the fact that it will connect and synch an iPod Touch device with iTunes perfectly just so long as the HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One USB-connected printer is not installed or, at least, not connected. Also, since the iPod has been installed there seems also to be a conflict with the printer's scanner device. I suspect that the iPod is using a drive letter that the printer is also attempting to use for the scanner. When I connect the iPod it is detected, brings up iTunes and then begins the synch process but never completes it because the drive [letter] it thinks is the iPod is actually connecting it to the printer's drive. By the way, the iPod Touch device does not assign a visible drive letter when installed or connected. I've used console manager to change the printer's disk drive letter assignment -- it likes to use D: when installed -- but that doesn't change the portable drive letter assignment that shows up in device manager until I reboot and I think that the whole assignment conflict is getting shifted together. After rebooting the new DLA takes effect in device manager but the iPod, when connected, still has the conflict. If I turn the printer off the iPod will successfully connect and synch. It appears that even when I successfully change the drive letter for the printer's storage device (integrated card reader) it is not being changed for the scanner device in the printer. It will report scanner device not detected errors and stop the imaging service. Finally, it will not remember the desktop icon placements. Each time it is booted it goes back to some placement [always the same] that it seems to prefer over my last settings. I've seen lots of issues with the iPod and drive letter conflicts discussed on the web but the only "fix" that appears to sometimes work is to try to avoid letting other devices use the "invisible" DLA (usually E of the iPod device. I've changed the second drive's letter assignment to X: and when I look at available drive letters D thru W are available. If I had any hair left I would be pulling it out about now. Thanks in advance for whatever help anyone can offer. Howard Woodard Redmond, WA |