Com ports 3 and 4 have disappeared

[Guest]

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It appears com ports 3 and 4 were uninstalled rather than disabled. All this
happened when installing Mobile Phone Tools - perhaps the most complex
end-user program to get working right!

Any ideas how to reinstate my other com ports? I only have LPT1 and COM1 in
device manager (and yes, I do have the show hidden devices checked in the
"view" menu.
--
GeeBee

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

Normally, the only port that are installed are Com 1, Com 2 and LPT 1.
Unless you added additional ports (including USB) then you may need to
re-install those drivers.


"geebee" <geebee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1D8FF93-5128-4EA9-A697-8C093768B0F6@microsoft.com...
> It appears com ports 3 and 4 were uninstalled rather than disabled. All
> this
> happened when installing Mobile Phone Tools - perhaps the most complex
> end-user program to get working right!
>
> Any ideas how to reinstate my other com ports? I only have LPT1 and COM1
> in
> device manager (and yes, I do have the show hidden devices checked in the
> "view" menu.
> --
> GeeBee