usb-to-serial port cleanup

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I have replaced my old USB-to-Serial cable that died with a new one, but now I can't reset the COM ports for the new device because the registry/driver settings for the old one are maintaining their "reservations".

I can't get the old one to be recognized (which is why it needed to be replaced) so I can remap the old reservations out of the way, and I can't delete the entries in the registry (security issues).

Any solution to purging this old crap out of the system, other than reinstalling Vista?
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