Network-attached USB storage can simplify file sharing and automated backups, assuming your demands don't involve things like ...

The USB/Parallel adapters you see also require a host because they are used for connecting a computer (USB host) with a USB port to a printer with a parallel port.

Once you’ve connected your printer with a USB cable, it should ideally show up among the list of available printing options If it doesn’t, click on Add device. Wait a while for the scan to go ...

I did the un-install reinstall thing, no chance.<br>Other devices work just fine in the port, as does the printer, as long as I unplug/replug it before I try to print.<br>I will get a new cable ...

2] Check for system or driver updates Windows constantly bring up fixes to patches via their system updates, so a bug causing your printer’s name to go missing from Windows could be fixed in a ...

USB 2.0 is typically limited to 2.5W, and even many USB 3.x ports are capped at 4.5W -- at those speeds, you'd have to leave your phone connected to a router for hours to get it from 10% to full.