Ifrared port not working any more

[JP]

After running a Winsock32 fix utility on my Windows XP Pro (SP1), I realized
that I can no longer use the infrared port on my laptop to do Hotsync with
Palm. I know it is a software issue because when I plugged in another hard
drive to the same Dell D600, the infrareed port worked fine. I have just
applied SP2 to the OS but it makes no difference.

In Device Manager, I can see the Infrared Device - SMC IrCc - Fast Infrared
Port. Under properties, it reported the status as working properly. Here
are the symptom:

1. Under Control Panel, there is a Wireless Link icon - Irprops.cpl. When
I click on it, it does nothing. I went to the registry to remove it
thinking that it would come back by reinstalling the device. Now it
disappears from the Control Panel completely.

2. I removed and re-installed the SMC IrCc fast infrared port from device
manager. It did install but the Wireless Link icon did not come back.

3. I ran "Irprops.cpl" from the command prompt. Nothing happened.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


Joe

 

[Kelly]

Hi Joe,

Do some reading here and good luck!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=Infrared+port+not+working+any+more+XP

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...xm=12&as_maxy=2005&num=100&as_scoring=d&hl=en

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Guest]

I have a similar problem as does Joe. My infrared device in device manager
is working properly, but when I click on wireless link in Control Panel, I
get nothing. I looked at the Google searches that Kelly recommended;
unfortunately, they were of little help. I wonder if Joe was ever able to
get his problem corrected?