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>I can duplicate this behavior on a standalone workstation with external USB drives.
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Well.. I believe here is the central point, USB port..

Its drivers, are tipical for 32 bits applications.. FPW 26 aren't full compatible with those drivers..

For instance.. My Fpw's application only print to USB printer, if Ms-Word print first.. Funny, but true :)

The only place that I worked fine with USB port was on my Vaio notebook.. There (I don't know for what reason) FPW26 deal fine with printers, external drivers, etc..