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Serial port mystery
Name: Grok Lobster Date: August 6, 2004 at 08:54:32 Pacific OS: WinNT4, SP6a CPU/Ram: P4-512DDR
Comment:
With general user and Administrator, COM1 appears but doesn't work. In safe mode, COM1 doesn't appear and deleting COM2 and restarting doesn't add it in. COM1 works with another HD installed. Any thoughts?
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