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More info?)
I have an USB to Serial Cable as well, but I can't seem to get it to work
with XP. Is there a generic driver available for me to install this cable?
Or put it another way, are all USB to Serial cables created equal?
I hope so. Thansk!
"G Forsberg" wrote:
> Many thanks, it works fine
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> G Forsberg
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> "Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
> news:416e9571.73121863@news.comporium.net...
> > On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:14:54 +0800, "G Forsberg"
> > <forsberg@tm.net.my> wrote:
> >
> >>Greetings all,
> >>
> >>I have a USB to serial converter cable. When installed it assigned this to
> >>COM4. Is there any way I can re-assign this to COM1 or COM2? (I have no
> >>serial port on this notebook, and my software reconises only COM1 and
> >>COM2)
> >>I have WinXP, SP2
> >
> > Go to the advanced port settings in the com port propertys in
> > device manager and assign the USB comport device to the port you
> > want (click on the com4 and you should get a scrolling list from
> > 1 to 256 to chose from). Before you plug in the usb device, check
> > in device manager and make sure that there is no hardware comport
> > showing (shouldn't be). This will also possibly stop the
> > incrementing port number every time the usb device is installed.
> > If the usb device has been assigned to com 1 or 2 in the past,
> > you may get an already in use warning. Just ignore this.
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