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Com Ports
Name: ReWeNgE Date: November 27, 2001 at 07:51:34 Pacific
Comment:
How can i enable a Com port under WinXp? Thank you. C ya.
Name: Kury Date: November 27, 2001 at 08:01:16 Pacific
Reply:
In your BIOS.........probaly under intergrade periferals
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Response Number 2
Name: ReWeNgE Date: November 27, 2001 at 08:06:25 Pacific
Reply:
But before when i had WinMe the COM port was enable. Now only with WinXp are closed.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jonathan Date: November 27, 2001 at 12:56:13 Pacific
Reply:
If you have an older PC {I have a 1998 DELL DIMENSION XPS/233MHZ/4GB HD/96MB RAM/WinXP Pro) I had to go into CMOS setup and tell it not to use plug & play aware OS. You might find some similar setting. In the future give more information about your PC.
That advice came from Microsoft and I now have my COM ports. This usually occurs with older PC's. Hope this helps you and points you in the right direction.
Good Luck! Jonathan
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Response Number 4
Name: Bob Date: November 27, 2001 at 15:45:37 Pacific
Reply:
A good rule I've gone by for years is: In the motherboard's BIOS setup, always set the PLUG & PLAY O/S setting, to NO.
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