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Printer with USB plug in problem, need help.

Have a Dell Dimension XPS T550, Pentium III, 256mg Ram. The motherboard has two built-in USB ports. Just purchased an HP1315V printer/copier/scanner that requires USB plug in. Have never used the built-in USB ports before. Installed the printer as instructed but will not recognize the ports. Per HP site there could be conflicts with the ports. The Universal Serial Bus Controllers lists Intel82371AB/EB PCI to Universal Host Controller and shows it is working properly, yet the USB Root Hub shows the Device status as: The NTKERN.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not load the device driver. (Code 2) No matter what I do it stays the same. Have disabled both the USB Root Hub and Controller.

Bought a Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 5 port PCI card and installed. The Belkin and NEC controllers are OK, but the USB port hubs reflect the driver provider is Microsoft, Date 4/23/99 and the Manufacturer: (Standard USB Host Controller) as well as the same Device Status as noted above. Printer will not recognize.

Any and all help appreciated (know my machine is a dinosaur)
Thanks, Jeff