Recent content by rebadurchee

Thank you all. It occurred to me that my OS is so messed up that it will never work. I finally went to my wife's laptop to make the Rufus USB and it went flawlessly. However, when I boot from Rufus Win11 setup will not allow me to install Win11 because I am using MBR. This is because my...

Thank you all. I tried formatting the USB through Windows Disk Management. I then unchecked the "Quick Format" box in Rufus. It still wouldn't format. I have backed up my system, two copies in addition to the original locations. I have one other USB stick to try. In the meantime I am...

I need to reinstall Win 11 due to many broken things, including the loss of all my printers. I have an older computer that won't pass the Win 11 hardware requirements. When I upgraded from Win 10, I downloaded Rufus and had a flawless upgrade.This time, I have to reinstall from scratch. I...

Thanks for your replies, much appreciated. However, I think I didn't clearly explain my issue. It isn't the printer, it's Windows. I last used the printer two months ago just before I left town for an extended period. It worked perfectly. My computer was off the entire time. When I...

Suddenly I cannot print from my PC to my older Canon 530/560 on USB. I checked all the cables, tried to delete doc from the queue (didn't delete), checked Windows Update. No go. Finally I removed the printer. When I tried to add a new printer the page hangs. The "Add Device" bar goes from...