Can you do a system restore back to before the Firecracker driver was
installed?
On Sep 23, 6:36*am, shahomy <shah...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> My serial port, com1,(DB9) doesn`t seem to work anymore. Computer is a Dell
> laptop. I use the serial port to communicate with a MicroChip programmer and
> also hyperterminal. I am an electronics hobbyist and use hyperterminal to
> setup a few things in an embedded web server in my home. My programmer just
> gives message "can`t connect to com1"
> Hyperterminal gives message "Another program is using the selected telphony
> device. Try again after the other program completes."....How to find what
> this "other"device is?
> Here`s what happened to make it stop working.
> I installed a device(home automation wireless device) called an "X10
> FIRECRACKER"
> It`s just a 1 inch square device with db9 connectors on each end. It`s
> supposed to be "transparent" to other devices. I installed the drivers but
> never really tried to use it. I removed the hardware one day to plug my
> programmer in and got the message described above. I have uninstalled theX10
> drivers, but still nothing works.
> I tried uninstalling the com1 port under device manager. After uninstalling
> i get message saying i must restart computer. So i do, and look under device
> manager and com1 still is installed !
> At this point i don`t know what is wrong...hardware is actually broken or
> driver is corrupt? Not even sure if i`m in right forum !
> How to determine if hardware is "broken" ?
> Thank you in advance for anyone who might have any ideas for me.
> * * * * Mike
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