com and serial ports

[Caveman]

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My laptop running windows xp doesn't show in the device manager the "ports"
icon or "serial and com ports"
Is it possiable that they have been deleted?

Thanks
--
Caveman

 

[Jerry]

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Check the BIOS to make sure they were not turned off.

"Caveman" <Caveman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My laptop running windows xp doesn't show in the device manager the
> "ports"
> icon or "serial and com ports"
> Is it possiable that they have been deleted?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Caveman