Rob

I bought a new Dell laptop (Vista Home Premium) 1 month ago and transfered
all my files, outlook data etc accross from my old machine. Also I installed
my scanner, digi camera, printer (HP Photosmart 7960) etc. All was fine until
yesterday.

I went to start the machine and all I got was the "Dell" screen and then a
black screen with flashing cusor top left, nothing else.

After some experimentation I noticed the machine would start normally if I
remove the USB cable connecting the printer. Once the machine has started I
can plug in the USB from the printer and it works fine but every time I try
to start it with the printer plugged in it fails.

So far I have: replaced the USB cable and uninstalled / reinstalled the
printer neither have made any difference.

Any ideas would be most welcome!