Re: [OT] Com port assigment in Win XP

["Rob Lamb" <those@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Many thanks Harry! Now have the Bluetooth sitting happily on COM6
and COM7. The worrying part was that when I had a look at the drives
there were a number of hidden USB stick devices that I've never used.

Regards,

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Harry Broomhall <haeb@p...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:44:18 -0000, you wrote:
>
> >I've just installed (and re-installed several times with the same
> >results) a Bluetooth dongle on a Win XP machine and although the
last
> >installed port shown is Com 4, the new Bluetooth serial ports get
> >installed as Com 30 and Com 31. These seem to be too high for
some
> >programs to recognise (they only offer up to Com 15 etc). Is
there
> >someway of changing these (there's nothing obvious that I can see
and
> >Google doesn't help).
>
>   This is a fun one!
>
>   1)  Remove *all* COM related items and uninstall them
>
>   2)   Run the following script:
>
> set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
> set devmgr_show_details=1
> cd \%SystemRoot%\system32
> start devmgmt.msc
>
>   3) In the device manager that has opened set 'Show hidden
devices'.
>
>   3a) Marvel at all the crud in the listing
>
>   4) Remove all COM ports.
>
>
>    You *should* now find that COM port numbers are somewhat more
sane
> as you re-install them.
>
>    Regards,
>          Harry.
>