COM ports

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When I go to my computer-right click-manage-device manager the line "Ports
(COM&LPT) is missing. How do I restore this function.
 
What happens from within Computer Management if you click Action > Scan
for hardware changes ?

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Are the Parallel/Serial ports enabled in your computer's BIOS ?

Some newer motherboards do not provide legacy ports anymore.
It's possible if this is a new computer that the ports don't exist.
Recent motherboards also now support only a single PATA
connector ( For Optical drives that aren't SATA based ).

MowGreen said:
What happens from within Computer Management if you click Action > Scan
for hardware changes ?

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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When I go to my computer-right click-manage-device manager the line
"Ports (COM&LPT) is missing. How do I restore this function.
 
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