COM port mappings in registry

[Ryan]

Hello,

I have a windows 2000 server that recently had a bad
multiport Serial adapter replaced with a newer card from a
different manufacturer. When the bad card was
uninstalled I dont think that the registry was cleaned up
properly as some of the COM ports still seems to be
labeled as in use. Is someone familiar with scraping the
registry to clear up these type of COM port conflicts?

thanks,

 

[Dave Patrick]

Usually to remove devices you'll want to first uninstall the device from
Device Manger then power down and physically remove it. This may work for
you.

To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices not
attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom" devices)
From a command prompt;

set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1

then also from the command prompt;
start devmgmt.msc

Then, use Device Manager to remove or reconfigure these devices. Do not edit
the registry.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Hello,
|
| I have a windows 2000 server that recently had a bad
| multiport Serial adapter replaced with a newer card from a
| different manufacturer. When the bad card was
| uninstalled I dont think that the registry was cleaned up
| properly as some of the COM ports still seems to be
| labeled as in use. Is someone familiar with scraping the
| registry to clear up these type of COM port conflicts?
|
| thanks,