Installing an All-in-one printer

Like many of you I waited a long time to buy my All-In-One printer because I couldn't afford the price for what they wanted the suckers for, so when I found one for $70.00 I thought, "Hey I can do that." Brought it home set it up, and was very happy and excited for about a week. Then it stopped working. The computer wouldn't recognize it. It also said that I had an "Unknown Device." So I unplugged it and plugged it back in and then is when my computer said, "Unknown device or a device had malfunctioned." I was so mad. Well I thought okay I'll buy a new USB cable. Did that and still nothng. I felt like I had wasted my money and I was screwed. Well I then called the company that made the thing, and they tried helping me, they decided that the printer had a bad USB Port. They sent me a new All-In-One. When I got it I tried setting it up just like the directions said to. Still nothing, and I still had an unknown device. I was so upset I cried. Then I let it sit for a day, and went back to it again the following day. In the mean time I still had the old All-In-One still sitting here on the floor. Well I had uninstalled, and reinstalled this thing like 7 times at this point and I was ready to kill someone. Well here is what finally fixed it.
I hooked a USB cable to the back of my external modem,
then I plugged the other end into the computer port,
then I plugged another USB cable into another port on my computer,
then plugged that into my printer.
IT WORKED!!!!!
I was so happy I could have screamed. No more unknown device or malfunctioning device. It just worked. I had to put the Install CD in to get the device manager to update the device, but now my computer recognizes the All-in-one, and everything works. I can scan, print, and yes copy. It also makes it so that MP3 players work better, and IPods.
My husband and I looked through all the directions that we got to see if maybe I had just over looked this direction, but no I didn't. The Tech guy that I allowed to take over my computer didn't even know this. So for any of you out there that are having problems with installing you All-in-one. Here is the easiest solution ever.

Graduation

Our son is graduating this spring, and I am here to tell ya that I never thought that this day would come. He has struggled so hard, and has overcome so many obstacles. My Dad is even going to be here for his momentous event. We want him to have so much more than we did. I hope and pray that he does. He and his sister both have so much to offer the world. They are so smart. We did what we could to help him grow into the man his is. The time sure did go by fast, but I wouldn't change a thing. All the struggles, and triumphs were well worth it. We know that our son will be better off than we ever were.