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   Posted by Bill D. on 02/25/02 at 6:20 PM

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In Reply to: USB-Serial Adapter - Win2000 "Install a fake COM port" posted by jbirch on 02/25/02 at 5:28 PM:

Pretty radical. Who wood haf thunk it? ;-)

Now to figure out how to explain the process to a n00b....

Bill

: Just a note to post a fix for others with the same problem. On a laptop with no physical serial port - USB ports only. (So therefore there was never a need to load the Win2000 serial device drivers.)

: Windows 2000 OS
: Omega USR-2309 Serial - USB adapter.

: You'll find you can install the device and drivers but then the adapter will fail to funtion. Programs indicate the port is locked by another program , etc.

: After hours of battling I found that you'll need to manually install a FALSE COM port prior to installing the USB-Serial adapter driver. You'll then have a Yellow Exclamation beside the FALSE COM port you manually install - but your USB-Serial adapter will now work.

: Now to fix the dent in the wall were I was banging my head......




  

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