Com ports keep accumulating

Posted: 04-18-2005, 06:07 PM
After several attempts to install a Belkin Bluetooth adapter to the usb to
be
used as a virtual com port, I now have 9 com ports and can't seem to find
any
way to get rid of them.
I have a piece of software which needs to access any port between com 1-4.
Now I cant use it.
How do I get rid of the extra ports?
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Hal


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Jerry
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Re: Com ports keep accumulating
Posted: 04-18-2005, 09:53 PM
Boot into Safe Mode, open Device Manager, remove ALL com ports you find,
reboot and Windows will re-detect.

"hal Byers" <gyro2222@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> After several attempts to install a Belkin Bluetooth adapter to the usb to
> be
> used as a virtual com port, I now have 9 com ports and can't seem to find
> any
> way to get rid of them.
> I have a piece of software which needs to access any port between com 1-4.
> Now I cant use it.
> How do I get rid of the extra ports?
> --
> Hal
>

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Re: Re: Com ports keep accumulating
Posted: 04-22-2005, 09:18 PM
"Jerry1" wrote:
> Boot into Safe Mode, open Device Manager, remove ALL com ports
> you find,
> reboot and Windows will re-detect.
>
> "hal Byers" <gyro2222@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23zF4VkDRFHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > After several attempts to install a Belkin Bluetooth adapter
> to the usb to
> > be
> > used as a virtual com port, I now have 9 com ports and can't
> seem to find
> > any
> > way to get rid of them.
> > I have a piece of software which needs to access any port
> between com 1-4.
> > Now I cant use it.
> > How do I get rid of the extra ports?
> > --
> > Hal
> >
HI Jerry,
Thanks for the suggestions.
Unfortunately, there are no com ports listed under the lpt and com
port hardware section.
The problem with com1-9 only shows up when i use virtual com ports for
a usb adapter. Somewhere, there is a section which accumulates these
virtual ports.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Hal

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