disable plug&play for an COM-port

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Hallo,
is it possible to deactivate the hardware detection for an certain COM-Port.
At the port a modem is connected. I dont want to install an driver for the
modem and i dont want to add a modem in the system tray.

Any suggestion ?

Thanks in advance
Andreas
 
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Disable the port in the BIOS.

Andreas Osswald wrote:

> Hallo,
> is it possible to deactivate the hardware detection for an certain COM-Port.
> At the port a modem is connected. I dont want to install an driver for the
> modem and i dont want to add a modem in the system tray.
>
> Any suggestion ?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Andreas
>
>
>