PC won't boot when Printer is connected

Question

Excuse me if I am doing the wrong,but I am desperate at this point.   Here are the spec of my PC   Dimension E520 with a Intel 3.00 Ghz Processor 2G Of Ram  with 138 Gb Hard Drive with a Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Video Card OS  Windows Vista Home  Premium   Here is the Basic Problem. When my Dell 946 AIO Printer is connected to any USB port on my PC it will not boot up. It comes to the BIOS screen and locks there. It also display the numbers 1, 2 ,and 3 or the Numbers 1 and 4 sometimes on the console of the PC in Green and the Power button is also green. Prior to Receiving this PC with Vista on it my Printer worked just fine with XP Pro. I have downloaded all the driver that was suggested by Dell support and the Printer still will not work with this OS. Some Please help me

fireberd · Answer

There is a known booting problem with many systems and non-bootable USB connected devices.  Go into the BIOS and set the USB to 'no boot'.  That is the standard fix.

Infor_Seeker · Answer

I tried that and the results are the same. It locks at the boot screen

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