Port is already in use

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Beekerdog

I had our department's techie load some software on my
Windows XP Professional Dell Inspiron Laptop and now
every time I try to connect with my modem, I get
the "port is already in use." I have gone to the Device
Manager and for some reason I do not have Ports listed
under the manager. So, the supposed "techie" has done
something wacky. Does anyone know of another way to reach
the Port Device setting so that I can enable my Com
ports? Or how I can add the Ports back to the Device
Manager? It has been driving me bananas and I do not want
to have to reinstall Windows XP. I have double checked
and no other programs are running.

thanks!
 
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