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More info?)
Hello,
You should just be able to change the com port number in Device Manager.
Locate the com port go to properties,
Choose port settings
Advanced Tab.
There should be a box to set the com port.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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>Tom S. Lee said in news:unsIyFOPEHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>> I frequently install and remove modems and multi-port I/O cards in my
>> XP Pro system. The Comm port numbers grow, and now my modem is Comm
>> 14. My software doesn't work with that high of a port number. I
>> have removed all hardware and re-booted, but when re-installed the
>> modem is still Comm 14.
>>
>> Is there a way to reset the port number to like 3 or 4?
>>
>> Thanks for Help
>> Tom Salicos
>
>My guess is that you either still have the enumeration for that device
>in the registry, that you still have the .inf file around for the
>removed modem, or both. I know that I have run into problems with PCI
>modems whose uninstall does not remove the enumeration listed in the
>registry so a subsequent install gets screwed up. For example, the
>enumeration in my current system for my PCI modem is under:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_10B4&S
>UBSYS_9300141D&REV_89\4&3b1d9ab8&0&4840
>
>Under there is a value name of "ClassGUID" (global <something>
>identifier). I then did a search on the classGUID and found it under:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet<xxx>\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-1
>1CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
>
>where xxx = null, "001", or "002". Way too many settings under that key
>to bother checking now. The subkey under Enum\PCI and this classGUID
>key would be the ones that I would try deleting ... obviously after
>first exporting them to permit recovery.
>
>So look under the Enum\PCI key for VEN... subkeys to see which might be
>for old and non-existent modems. I'd also go hunting in the
>\Windows\INF subdirectory for any modem-specific .inf files to move them
>out so on startup Windows won't reuse it (if you are reinstalling the
>same or similar modem and want to enforce Windows to ask for new
>drivers/definitions instead of trying to reuse the ones already there).
>Sometimes the .inf file defines several modems but if it is a
>vendor-supplied INF file then you can delete it (by moving it elsewhere)
>after removing the modem since an install of modem even by the same
>vendor should install the INF file. However, some modems are so generic
>that they use the INF file(s) provided by Windows which can cover more
>than one brand and model, so don't delete that INF file. You could
>always ask the modem maker if they provided their own INF file so you
>know which one to delete.
>
>I haven't had to do this for over a year so this is from memory. As
>always, when monkeying around with the registry then make a backup of it
>or, at least, the keys you will edit or delete.
>
>Description of the Information in the Subkeys Under the
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Branch of the Registry
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250405
>
>An Inf Error Occurs During Installation of a Network Adapter on a
>Windows 2000-Based Computer
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306983
>
>According to this last article, you delete the subkey and not the VEN
>key. Don't know why you would need the VEN key since that is supposed
>to identify the vendor of the device and obviously the registry isn't
>going to have a VEN key for every vendor that existed, exists, or will
>exist. But then this article is geared towards a repair rather than to
>eradicate irrelevant definitions.
>
>However, the above discussion regards the eradication of defunct PCI
>device definitions. It is entirely possible that the ports are defined
>separately (and then bound to these devices). For example, my PCI modem
>got assigned to COM3 (doesn't physically exist so this is a logical
>definition) and I found it under:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3
>
>But I also found all the ports under Windows defined at:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Ports
>
>The binding of COM3 to my modem was found at:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{adb44
>c00-1b8d-11d4-8d5e-00a0c90d1c42}\##?#PCI#VEN_14F1&DEV_10B4&SUBSYS_930014
>1D&REV_89#4&3b1d9ab8&0&4840#{adb44c00-1b8d-11d4-8d5e-00a0c90d1c42}\#COM3
>
>where the ...VEN... key has the same name as the VEN key back under the
>Enum\PCI key.
>
>Lost yet?
>
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