Re: Unable to Access Com Port

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:26:58 -0600

Greetings --

    Both Win2K and WinXP, like WinNT before them, do not allow any
software applications to directly address hardware resources, such as
serial or parallel ports. This behavior is by design and is one of
the reasons the WinNT family of operating systems is so much more
stable than Win9x.

    If the application's manufacturer will not (or cannot because they
no longer exist) provide you with a patch, new device driver, or
product to render this legacy application Win2K/XP-compatible, you
have little choice other than to replace it, or continue using Win98.
You'll need to acquire a version of your application that is designed
specifically for Win2K/XP. Contact the manufacturer of the application
to see if any updates, patches, or upgrades are available.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Chuck in Maine" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:1778501c44911$01b7c930$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
> I have a DUATS program for accessing Pilot Weather and
> Flight planning. Worked fine with Win ME, but with XP, it
> fails to access the modem com port for dialing. I've set
> compatibility to Win 98, and turned off Services. Doesn't
> seem to work. Any ideas?

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