Re: Detecting my serial/COM ports in Windows XP

If you know for sure your PC has serial ports, are they enabled in Bios
SetUp??
I say this because I disabled the serial ports on my computers.

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Eric P. van Westendorp Tel: +31(0252)210579
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Steve wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using Windows XP Home and I am trying to get my Hotsync to work,
> but I keep getting an error saying that "The selected port, COM1, is
> unavailable at this time. Hotsync Manager will open the port when it
> becomes available."
>
> My PC has the following devices:
>
> PS/2 based keyboard and mouse ports
> USB based keyboard and mouse ports
> 2 additional USB ports
> 2 9 pin serial ports
>
> When I go into the Device Manager and select Ports (COM and LPT) only
> my LPT port shows up. My COM ports don't show up at all. Any idea
> how I can get Windows to detect my serial ports?
>
> Thanks a bunch. Please feel free to respond to my email address
> directly if you'd like.
>
> Steve