While experiencing problems trying to install a cursed 1150 lexmark printer using a USB port, I encountered one solution in this forum which might be to delete and reinstall "your USB controllers". Well, what I did was go into Device Manager and dutifly delete my root USB controllers. I thought, when I then booted my system these controllers would be reinstalled, but, sadly, Win/XP did not recognize that which had been deleted. XP said you have new hardware, but I don't know what it is! My experience recently is XP has difficulty supporting that which it known, let alone the "unkown".

So, now I sit here worse off than when I started. Now, I have this Lexmark printer which won't install on a usb port, that is longer defined to XP.

Any advice would be appreciated.